Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'death' occurs 640 times in the standard works.

248 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'death' in the standard works and contain 38.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 97 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:6-15 (11 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 9:10-19 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 14:14-20 (10 in 7 verses)

Alma 11:41-45 (9 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:16-24 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 6:20-25 (7 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 29:41-43 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 17:18-18:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 24:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 24:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)


Job 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.




Ps. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 234 3 237
Gen. 8 0 8
Ex. 11 0 11
Lev. 16 0 16
Num. 18 0 18
Deut. 18 0 18
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 11 0 11
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 18 0 18
Ps. 27 0 27
Prov. 18 0 18
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 8 0 8
Jer. 22 1 23
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 2 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 138 1 139
BM 220 1 221
DC 41 1 42
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 640 6 646

Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Job 5:20
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

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

Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 10:22
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 16:16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Job 18:13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

Job 24:17
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Job 28:3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Job 28:22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Job 34:22
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?