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)


Gen. 46:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

 46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

 46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

 46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

 46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

 46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.




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
Gen. 9 0 9
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 4 0 4
Josh. 9 0 9
1 Sam. 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 14 0 14
NT 19 0 19
BM 91 0 91
DC 29 0 29
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 203 0 203

Gen. 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Gen. 46:15
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

Gen. 46:18
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Gen. 46:22
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

Gen. 46:25
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Gen. 46:26
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

Gen. 46:27
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.