Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'die' occurs 398 times in the standard works.

128 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'die' in the standard works and contain 32.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 35:16-23 (9 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 3:18-20 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:44-47 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:49-51 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 25:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 11:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)


1 Sam. 14:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.




Ezek. 33:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 10:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:86 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 273 249 522
Gen. 27 38 65
Ex. 21 9 30
Lev. 10 5 15
Num. 30 24 54
Deut. 25 7 32
Josh. 1 5 6
Judg. 5 15 20
Ruth 1 3 4
1 Sam. 14 10 24
2 Sam. 8 19 27
1 Kgs. 9 17 26
2 Kgs. 10 12 22
1 Chr. 0 23 23
2 Chr. 4 13 17
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 4 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 10 7 17
Ps. 7 3 10
Prov. 6 4 10
Eccl. 3 3 6
Isa. 9 7 16
Jer. 28 7 35
Ezek. 34 7 41
Dan. 0 2 2
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 5 1 6
Jonah 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 1 3
NT 48 137 185
BM 42 170 212
DC 24 86 110
PGP 11 18 29
TOTAL 398 660 1058

1 Sam. 2:33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

1 Sam. 2:34
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

1 Sam. 4:18
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

1 Sam. 5:12
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Sam. 12:19
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

1 Sam. 14:39
For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Sam. 14:43
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

1 Sam. 14:44
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

1 Sam. 14:45
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

1 Sam. 20:2
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

1 Sam. 20:14
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:

1 Sam. 20:31
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

1 Sam. 22:16
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

1 Sam. 25:1
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Sam. 25:24
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

1 Sam. 25:37
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

1 Sam. 25:38
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

1 Sam. 26:10
David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

1 Sam. 26:16
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

1 Sam. 28:9
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

1 Sam. 31:5
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

1 Sam. 31:6
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

1 Sam. 31:12
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.