Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lest' occurs 359 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lest' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 27 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 10:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 20:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 12:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Prov. 30:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

 13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.




Prov. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 150 82 232
Gen. 17 1 18
Ex. 13 22 35
Lev. 6 1 7
Num. 7 6 13
Deut. 26 3 29
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 0 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 7 1 8
2 Sam. 8 1 9
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 1 5 6
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 14 9 23
Prov. 18 1 19
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 6 8 14
Jer. 9 4 13
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 90 26 116
BM 75 9 84
DC 39 39 78
PGP 5 1 6
TOTAL 359 157 516

Ps. 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Ps. 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Ps. 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Ps. 13:3
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Ps. 13:4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Ps. 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Ps. 28:1
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Ps. 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Ps. 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Ps. 44:12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Ps. 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Ps. 56:8
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Ps. 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Ps. 65:10
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

Ps. 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Ps. 89:9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Ps. 91:12
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Ps. 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Ps. 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Ps. 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Ps. 140:8
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 143:7
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.