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
NT 19 0 19
BM 91 0 91
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 6 0 6
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 0 8
Alma 40 0 40
Hel. 9 0 9
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 29 0 29
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 203 0 203

Moro. 4:3
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.

Moro. 5:2
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee, in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.

Moro. 6:5
And the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.

Moro. 9:6
And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God.