Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'life' occurs 712 times in the standard works.

220 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'life' in the standard works and contain 30.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 84 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Jn. 5:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 34:32-34 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

John 5:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:39-42 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:5 (3 in 1 verse)

John 12:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Kgs. 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.




1 Jn. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 4:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:27-22:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:66 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:33 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 264 1 265
Gen. 32 0 32
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 5 0 5
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 17 0 17
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 14 0 14
2 Sam. 7 1 8
1 Kgs. 20 0 20
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 19 0 19
Ps. 26 0 26
Prov. 38 0 38
Eccl. 12 0 12
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 18 0 18
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 5 0 5
Dan. 1 0 1
Jonah 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 186 2 188
BM 142 0 142
DC 90 0 90
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 712 3 715

2 Kgs. 1:13
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

2 Kgs. 4:17
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

2 Kgs. 7:7
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

2 Kgs. 8:1
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 Kgs. 8:5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

2 Kgs. 10:24
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

2 Kgs. 25:29
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

2 Kgs. 25:30
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.