Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sheep' occurs 218 times in the standard works.

73 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sheep' in the standard works and contain 33.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 35 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 10:2-16 (15 in 15 verses)

Gen. 29:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 22:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 34:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 53:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:24-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 10 155
Gen. 17 1 18
Ex. 11 0 11
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 10 1 11
Deut. 13 0 13
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 1 2
1 Sam. 21 1 22
2 Sam. 3 3 6
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 4 1 5
2 Chr. 10 0 10
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 11 1 12
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 4 0 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 43 2 45
BM 26 0 26
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 218 12 230

Ex. 9:3
Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

Ex. 12:5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

Ex. 20:24
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Ex. 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

Ex. 22:4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

Ex. 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

Ex. 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

Ex. 22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

Ex. 34:19
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.