Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'souls' occurs 203 times in the standard works.

44 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'souls' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 13:18-20 (8 in 3 verses)

Gen. 46:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Josh. 10:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 10:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 59 0 59
Gen. 9 0 9
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 4 0 4
Josh. 9 0 9
1 Sam. 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 14 0 14
NT 19 0 19
BM 91 0 91
DC 29 0 29
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 203 0 203

Lev. 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Lev. 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

Lev. 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Lev. 18:29
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Lev. 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Lev. 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Lev. 23:32
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.