Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lying' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lying' in the standard works and contain 12.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 10 56
NT 11 3 14
BM 11 17 28
DC 9 3 12
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 78 33 111

D&C 5:32
And now, because I foresee the lying in wait to destroy thee, yea, I foresee that if my servant Martin Harris humbleth not himself and receive a witness from my hand, that he will fall into transgression;

D&C 10:13
For he hath put into their hearts to do this, that by lying they may say they have caught you in the words which you have pretended to translate.

D&C 10:31
For, behold, they shall not accomplish their evil designs in lying against those words. For, behold, if you should bring forth the same words they will say that you have lied and that you have pretended to translate, but that you have contradicted yourself.

D&C 20:54
And see that there is no iniquity in the church, neither hardness with each other, neither lying, backbiting, nor evil speaking;

D&C 57:3
And thus saith the Lord your God, if you will receive wisdom here is wisdom. Behold, the place which is now called Independence is the center place; and a spot for the temple is lying westward, upon a lot which is not far from the courthouse.

D&C 57:4
Wherefore, it is wisdom that the land should be purchased by the saints, and also every tract lying westward, even unto the line running directly between Jew and Gentile;

D&C 67:4
And now I, the Lord, give unto you a testimony of the truth of these commandments which are lying before you.

D&C 109:29
We ask thee, Holy Father, to confound, and astonish, and to bring to shame and confusion, all those who have spread lying reports abroad, over the world, against thy servant or servants, if they will not repent, when the everlasting gospel shall be proclaimed in their ears;

D&C 128:11
Now the great and grand secret of the whole matter, and the summum bonum of the whole subject that is lying before us, consists in obtaining the powers of the Holy Priesthood. For him to whom these keys are given there is no difficulty in obtaining a knowledge of facts in relation to the salvation of the children of men, both as well for the dead as for the living.