Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'flesh' occurs 577 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 'flesh' in the standard works and contain 43% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 8:3-13 (11 in 11 verses)

Lev. 7:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

Lev. 13:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Rev. 19:18-21 (6 in 4 verses)

John 6:51-56 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 13:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:39 (4 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 21:26-22:2 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)


Gen. 2:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

 2:21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

 2:22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.




Num. 11:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 12:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Gal. 5:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Pet. 3:21-4:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 15:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 3:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 5:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 19:9 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:34 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Micah 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 8:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 5:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 9:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:25-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jude 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:73-74 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 271 12 283
Gen. 28 5 33
Ex. 13 2 15
Lev. 59 0 59
Num. 17 1 18
Deut. 13 0 13
Judg. 6 0 6
1 Sam. 5 2 7
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 2 1 3
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 17 0 17
Ps. 18 0 18
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 16 0 16
Jer. 11 0 11
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 23 0 23
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 4 0 4
NT 149 4 153
BM 86 0 86
DC 50 0 50
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 577 16 593

Gen. 2:21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

Gen. 2:23
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Gen. 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Gen. 6:3
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Gen. 6:12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Gen. 6:13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Gen. 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Gen. 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Gen. 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Gen. 7:16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

Gen. 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Gen. 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Gen. 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Gen. 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Gen. 9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Gen. 9:16
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Gen. 9:17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Gen. 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Gen. 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Gen. 17:14
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Gen. 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Gen. 17:24
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Gen. 17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Gen. 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Gen. 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

Gen. 40:19
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Gen. 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Gen. 41:3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

Gen. 41:4
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

Gen. 41:18
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

Gen. 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: