Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'death' occurs 640 times in the standard works.

248 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'death' in the standard works and contain 38.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 97 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:6-15 (11 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 9:10-19 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 14:14-20 (10 in 7 verses)

Alma 11:41-45 (9 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:16-24 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 6:20-25 (7 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 29:41-43 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 17:18-18:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 24:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 24:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 234 3 237
Gen. 8 0 8
Ex. 11 0 11
Lev. 16 0 16
Num. 18 0 18
Deut. 18 0 18
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 11 0 11
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 18 0 18
Ps. 27 0 27
Prov. 18 0 18
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 8 0 8
Jer. 22 1 23
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 2 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 138 1 139
BM 220 1 221
DC 41 1 42
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 640 6 646

2 Sam. 1:1
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

2 Sam. 1:23
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Sam. 6:23
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

2 Sam. 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

2 Sam. 15:21
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

2 Sam. 19:21
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

2 Sam. 19:22
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

2 Sam. 20:3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Sam. 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

2 Sam. 22:5
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

2 Sam. 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;