Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'live' occurs 311 times in the standard works.

82 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'live' in the standard works and contain 26.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Gal. 2:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 14:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

John 6:57-58 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:44-45 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 38:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 18:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:86 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 179 799 978
Gen. 12 66 78
Ex. 5 28 33
Lev. 5 18 23
Num. 5 12 17
Deut. 18 35 53
Josh. 4 25 29
Judg. 0 58 58
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 57 58
2 Sam. 3 42 45
1 Kgs. 3 33 36
2 Kgs. 5 48 53
1 Chr. 0 11 11
2 Chr. 1 31 32
Ezra 0 6 6
Neh. 3 5 8
Esth. 1 3 4
Job 4 17 21
Ps. 15 101 116
Prov. 4 21 25
Eccl. 5 3 8
Isa. 8 35 43
Jer. 11 46 57
Lam. 1 4 5
Ezek. 49 37 86
Dan. 5 18 23
Hosea 1 4 5
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 3 10 13
Obad. 0 2 2
Jonah 2 1 3
Micah 0 6 6
Hab. 1 2 3
Zeph. 1 1 2
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 3 8 11
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 68 192 260
BM 33 335 368
DC 26 126 152
PGP 5 41 46
TOTAL 311 1493 1804

Ezek. 3:19
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezek. 3:21
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezek. 7:13
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

Ezek. 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

Ezek. 11:9
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

Ezek. 13:18
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

Ezek. 13:19
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

Ezek. 13:21
Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 13:23
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 14:14
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 14:16
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

Ezek. 14:18
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

Ezek. 14:20
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Ezek. 16:21
That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

Ezek. 16:27
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

Ezek. 17:15
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Ezek. 18:27
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

Ezek. 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

Ezek. 21:31
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

Ezek. 23:9
Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

Ezek. 23:28
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

Ezek. 25:4
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

Ezek. 25:7
Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 31:11
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

Ezek. 31:14
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 32:20
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

Ezek. 33:5
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

Ezek. 33:9
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezek. 33:12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

Ezek. 34:10
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

Ezek. 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Ezek. 34:27
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

Ezek. 37:10
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

Ezek. 47:9
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.