Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'broken' occurs 260 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'broken' in the standard works and contain 15.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 12:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:9 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:9 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 51:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:14 But Limhi said unto them: Ye shall not slay him, but bring him hither that I may see him. And they brought him. And Limhi said unto him: What cause have ye to come up to war against my people? Behold, my people have not broken the oath that I made unto you; therefore, why should ye break the oath which ye made unto my people?

 20:15 And now the king said: I have broken the oath because thy people did carry away the daughters of my people; therefore, in my anger I did cause my people to come up to war against thy people.




Hel. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 161 3 164
NT 25 1 26
BM 49 0 49
1 Ne. 8 0 8
2 Ne. 13 0 13
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 1 0 1
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 9 0 9
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 24 0 24
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 260 4 264

Mosiah 15:9
Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.

Mosiah 15:20
But behold, the bands of death shall be broken, and the Son reigneth, and hath power over the dead; therefore, he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead.

Mosiah 15:23
They are raised to dwell with God who has redeemed them; thus they have eternal life through Christ, who has broken the bands of death.

Mosiah 16:7
And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.

Mosiah 20:14
But Limhi said unto them: Ye shall not slay him, but bring him hither that I may see him. And they brought him. And Limhi said unto him: What cause have ye to come up to war against my people? Behold, my people have not broken the oath that I made unto you; therefore, why should ye break the oath which ye made unto my people?

Mosiah 20:15
And now the king said: I have broken the oath because thy people did carry away the daughters of my people; therefore, in my anger I did cause my people to come up to war against thy people.