Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'souls' occurs 203 times in the standard works.

44 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'souls' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 13:18-20 (8 in 3 verses)

 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

 13:19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.




Gen. 46:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Josh. 10:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 10:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 59 0 59
NT 19 0 19
BM 91 0 91
DC 29 0 29
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 203 0 203

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