Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'perish' occurs 244 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'perish' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 9:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

 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.

 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.




John 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 26 116
NT 30 10 40
Matt. 6 1 7
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 7 1 8
John 4 1 5
Acts 2 1 3
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 2 1 3
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Col. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 1 2
James 0 1 1
1 Pet. 0 1 1
2 Pet. 2 1 3
Jude 0 1 1
BM 115 22 137
DC 7 2 9
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 244 61 305

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. 8:25
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

Matt. 8:32
And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Matt. 9:17
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Matt. 18:14
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Matt. 26:52
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.