Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'body' occurs 277 times in the standard works.

125 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'body' in the standard works and contain 45.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 12:12-27 (18 in 16 verses)

Alma 11:43-45 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Matt. 6:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 6:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 15:44 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:34-36 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 28:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 27:58-59 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

John 19:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

James 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:109-110 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 89:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 0 39
NT 136 3 139
BM 78 0 78
1 Ne. 6 0 6
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 33 0 33
3 Ne. 14 0 14
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 3 0 3
DC 21 0 21
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 277 4 281

Alma 5:15
Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you? Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?

Alma 11:43
The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt.

Alma 11:44
Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.

Alma 11:45
Now, behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the mortal body, and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body. I say unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body, that is from death, even from the first death unto life, that they can die no more; their spirits uniting with their bodies, never to be divided; thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal, that they can no more see corruption.

Alma 17:5
Now these are the circumstances which attended them in their journeyings, for they had many afflictions; they did suffer much, both in body and in mind, such as hunger, thirst and fatigue, and also much labor in the spirit.

Alma 19:1
And it came to pass that after two days and two nights they were about to take his body and lay it in a sepulchre, which they had made for the purpose of burying their dead.

Alma 26:36
Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo. Yea, blessed is the name of my God, who has been mindful of this people, who are a branch of the tree of Israel, and has been lost from its body in a strange land; yea, I say, blessed be the name of my God, who has been mindful of us, wanderers in a strange land.

Alma 29:16
Now, when I think of the success of these my brethren my soul is carried away, even to the separation of it from the body, as it were, so great is my joy.

Alma 34:34
Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.

Alma 36:15
Oh, thought I, that I could be banished and become extinct both soul and body, that I might not be brought to stand in the presence of my God, to be judged of my deeds.

Alma 40:11
Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection-- Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.

Alma 40:18
Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but it meaneth the reuniting of the soul with the body, of those from the days of Adam down to the resurrection of Christ.

Alma 40:21
But whether it be at his resurrection or after, I do not say; but this much I say, that there is a space between death and the resurrection of the body, and a state of the soul in happiness or in misery until the time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth, and be reunited, both soul and body, and be brought to stand before God, and be judged according to their works.

Alma 40:23
The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame.

Alma 41:2
I say unto thee, my son, that the plan of restoration is requisite with the justice of God; for it is requisite that all things should be restored to their proper order. Behold, it is requisite and just, according to the power and resurrection of Christ, that the soul of man should be restored to its body, and that every part of the body should be restored to itself.

Alma 43:38
While on the other hand, there was now and then a man fell among the Nephites, by their swords and the loss of blood, they being shielded from the more vital parts of the body, or the more vital parts of the body being shielded from the strokes of the Lamanites, by their breastplates, and their armshields, and their head-plates; and thus the Nephites did carry on the work of death among the Lamanites.

Alma 43:51
Now, the Lamanites were more numerous, yea, by more than double the number of the Nephites; nevertheless, they were driven insomuch that they were gathered together in one body in the valley, upon the bank by the river Sidon.

Alma 49:20
Thus they were prepared, yea, a body of their strongest men, with their swords and their slings, to smite down all who should attempt to come into their place of security by the place of entrance; and thus were they prepared to defend themselves against the Lamanites.

Alma 56:16
Yea, and they were depressed in body as well as in spirit, for they had fought valiantly by day and toiled by night to maintain their cities; and thus they had suffered great afflictions of every kind.

Alma 57:33
And it came to pass because of their rebellion we did cause that our swords should come upon them. And it came to pass that they did in a body run upon our swords, in the which, the greater number of them were slain; and the remainder of them broke through and fled from us.

Alma 62:14
And it came to pass that Moroni and Pahoran, leaving a large body of men in the land of Zarahemla, took their march with a large body of men towards the land of Nephihah, being determined to overthrow the Lamanites in that city.

Alma 62:15
And it came to pass that as they were marching towards the land, they took a large body of men of the Lamanites, and slew many of them, and took their provisions and their weapons of war.

Alma 62:33
And the armies of the Lamanites were all gathered together, insomuch that they were all in one body in the land of Moroni. Now Ammoron, the king of the Lamanites, was also with them.