Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mighty' occurs 394 times in the standard works.

78 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mighty' in the standard works and contain 19.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 12:23-24 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 10:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 21:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 23:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

 23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.




2 Kgs. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:108-109 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 247 48 295
Gen. 7 6 13
Ex. 8 1 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 2 3
Deut. 16 0 16
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 5 0 5
Ruth 1 2 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 15 0 15
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 21 0 21
2 Chr. 15 0 15
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 14 31 45
Ps. 29 2 31
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 24 1 25
Jer. 23 0 23
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 12 2 14
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 3 1 4
Amos 4 0 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 4 0 4
NT 37 9 46
BM 85 13 98
DC 24 13 37
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 394 90 484

2 Sam. 1:19
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

2 Sam. 1:21
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

2 Sam. 1:22
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

2 Sam. 1:25
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

2 Sam. 1:27
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

2 Sam. 10:7
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

2 Sam. 16:6
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

2 Sam. 17:8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

2 Sam. 17:10
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

2 Sam. 20:7
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 23:8
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

2 Sam. 23:9
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

2 Sam. 23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

2 Sam. 23:17
And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

2 Sam. 23:22
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.