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

Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.