Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'living' occurs 212 times in the standard works.

52 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'living' in the standard works and contain 24.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 1:13-22 (10 in 10 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:22-27 (7 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 32:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 14:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:51-53 (3 in 3 verses)


Alma 11:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:25 And now thou hast lied before God unto me. Thou saidst unto me-- Behold these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto thee-- when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me; and it was only thy desire that I should deny the true and living God, that thou mightest have cause to destroy me. And now behold, for this great evil thou shalt have thy reward.

 11:26 And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living God?

 11:27 And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.




D&C 128:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 38:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 107 0 107
NT 40 0 40
BM 21 0 21
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 7 0 7
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 3 0 3
DC 28 0 28
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 212 0 212

Alma 5:13
And behold, he preached the word unto your fathers, and a mighty change was also wrought in their hearts, and they humbled themselves and put their trust in the true and living God. And behold, they were faithful until the end; therefore they were saved.

Alma 7:6
But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much unbelief as were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship idols, but that ye do worship the true and the living God, and that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith, which is to come.

Alma 11:25
And now thou hast lied before God unto me. Thou saidst unto me-- Behold these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto thee-- when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me; and it was only thy desire that I should deny the true and living God, that thou mightest have cause to destroy me. And now behold, for this great evil thou shalt have thy reward.

Alma 11:26
And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living God?

Alma 11:27
And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.

Alma 16:9
And thus ended the eleventh year of the judges, the Lamanites having been driven out of the land, and the people of Ammonihah were destroyed; yea, every living soul of the Ammonihahites was destroyed, and also their great city, which they said God could not destroy, because of its greatness.

Alma 43:10
For they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites, that whosoever should worship God in spirit and in truth, the true and the living God, the Lamanites would destroy.