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
Matt. 15 0 15
Mark 6 0 6
Luke 13 1 14
John 5 0 5
Acts 2 1 3
Rom. 10 0 10
1 Cor. 44 0 44
2 Cor. 9 0 9
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 9 0 9
Philip. 3 0 3
Col. 8 0 8
1 Thes. 1 0 1
Heb. 3 0 3
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 1 1 2
Jude 1 0 1
BM 78 0 78
DC 21 0 21
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 277 4 281

Matt. 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:30
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Matt. 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matt. 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matt. 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matt. 14:12
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

Matt. 26:12
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

Matt. 26:26
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

Matt. 27:58
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

Matt. 27:59
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,