Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'soul' occurs 663 times in the standard works.

225 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'soul' in the standard works and contain 33.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 94 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 30:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-31 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 7:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 18:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Song. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:29 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 58:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 42:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 86:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 13:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 53:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 31:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 14:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 107:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)


Job 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

 30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.




Ps. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 56:13-57:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 63:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 86:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:22-104:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 116:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 130:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 143:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 55:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 420 59 479
Gen. 13 9 22
Ex. 4 5 9
Lev. 32 7 39
Num. 24 4 28
Deut. 18 0 18
Josh. 1 9 10
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 19 1 20
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Job 26 0 26
Ps. 132 2 134
Prov. 38 2 40
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 7 0 7
Isa. 25 1 26
Jer. 23 4 27
Lam. 8 1 9
Ezek. 11 14 25
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 39 19 58
BM 160 91 251
DC 34 29 63
PGP 10 5 15
TOTAL 663 203 866

Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Job 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Job 9:21
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 14:22
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Job 16:4
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Job 19:2
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Job 21:25
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

Job 23:13
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Job 27:2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Job 30:15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 31:30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

Job 33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Job 33:22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.