Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'terrible' occurs 87 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'terrible' in the standard works and contain 16.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 8:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 25:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 51 3 54
NT 1 0 1
BM 25 0 25
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Alma 1 0 1
3 Ne. 12 0 12
Ether 3 0 3
DC 10 0 10
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 87 3 90

3 Ne. 4:7
And it came to pass that they did come up to battle; and it was in the sixth month; and behold, great and terrible was the day that they did come up to battle; and they were girded about after the manner of robbers; and they had a lamb-skin about their loins, and they were dyed in blood, and their heads were shorn, and they had head-plates upon them; and great and terrible was the appearance of the armies of Giddianhi, because of their armor, and because of their being dyed in blood.

3 Ne. 4:11
And the battle commenced in this the sixth month; and great and terrible was the battle thereof, yea, great and terrible was the slaughter thereof, insomuch that there never was known so great a slaughter among all the people of Lehi since he left Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 8:6
And there was also a great and terrible tempest; and there was terrible thunder, insomuch that it did shake the whole earth as if it was about to divide asunder.

3 Ne. 8:11
And there was a great and terrible destruction in the land southward.

3 Ne. 8:12
But behold, there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward; for behold, the whole face of the land was changed, because of the tempest and the whirlwinds, and the thunderings and the lightnings, and the exceedingly great quaking of the whole earth;

3 Ne. 8:19
And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease-- for behold, they did last for about the space of three hours; and it was said by some that the time was greater; nevertheless, all these great and terrible things were done in about the space of three hours-- and then behold, there was darkness upon the face of the land.

3 Ne. 8:24
And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

3 Ne. 8:25
And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out; then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared, and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah. And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.