Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'life' occurs 712 times in the standard works.

220 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'life' in the standard works and contain 30.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 84 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Jn. 5:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 34:32-34 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)


John 5:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;




Lev. 17:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:39-42 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:5 (3 in 1 verse)

John 12:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 4:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:27-22:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:66 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:33 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 264 1 265
NT 186 2 188
Matt. 15 0 15
Mark 8 0 8
Luke 15 1 16
John 44 0 44
Acts 12 0 12
Rom. 16 0 16
1 Cor. 5 0 5
2 Cor. 8 0 8
Gal. 3 0 3
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 4 0 4
Col. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 5 0 5
2 Tim. 4 0 4
Titus 2 0 2
Heb. 3 1 4
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 3 0 3
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 15 0 15
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 17 0 17
BM 142 0 142
DC 90 0 90
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 712 3 715

John 1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 3:15
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:36
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 5:26
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

John 5:29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

John 5:40
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

John 6:33
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 6:40
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

John 6:48
I am that bread of life.

John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

John 6:53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

John 6:54
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

John 6:68
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John 10:15
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

John 10:28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

John 13:37
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

John 13:38
Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.