Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lie' occurs 192 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lie' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 18:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 32:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 477 608
Gen. 8 17 25
Ex. 3 29 32
Lev. 15 15 30
Num. 5 91 96
Deut. 7 16 23
Josh. 3 51 54
Judg. 3 15 18
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 6 5 11
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 1 4 5
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 0 32 32
2 Chr. 0 13 13
Ezra 0 5 5
Neh. 0 8 8
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 8 16 24
Ps. 7 29 36
Prov. 3 16 19
Eccl. 1 5 6
Song. 1 6 7
Isa. 15 18 33
Jer. 9 21 30
Lam. 1 5 6
Ezek. 13 25 38
Dan. 0 4 4
Hosea 2 8 10
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 3 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 3 2 5
Nahum 0 4 4
Hab. 1 2 3
Zeph. 4 1 5
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 3 4
NT 24 343 367
BM 25 437 462
DC 12 152 164
PGP 0 43 43
TOTAL 192 1452 1644

Zeph. 2:7
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

Zeph. 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

Zeph. 2:15
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

Zeph. 3:13
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.