Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'break' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'break' in the standard works and contain 18.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 51:20-23 (9 in 4 verses)

Ex. 19:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 58:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 34 164
Gen. 2 2 4
Ex. 12 3 15
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 4 6 10
Ps. 11 6 17
Prov. 0 1 1
Eccl. 1 1 2
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 18 4 22
Jer. 24 2 26
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 15 3 18
Dan. 4 2 6
Hosea 6 1 7
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 1 1 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 10 7 17
BM 26 4 30
DC 15 4 19
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 181 49 230

Jer. 1:14
Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jer. 4:3
For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Jer. 14:21
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Jer. 15:12
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

Jer. 19:10
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Jer. 19:11
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

Jer. 23:29
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Jer. 28:4
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jer. 28:11
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Jer. 30:8
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

Jer. 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.

Jer. 33:20
Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

Jer. 43:13
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

Jer. 45:4
Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

Jer. 48:12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

Jer. 49:35
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Jer. 51:20
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Jer. 51:21
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

Jer. 51:22
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

Jer. 51:23
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.