Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kill' occurs 147 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kill' in the standard works and contain 17.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 78 66 144
Gen. 5 1 6
Ex. 12 2 14
Lev. 20 12 32
Num. 7 5 12
Deut. 6 1 7
Josh. 0 2 2
Judg. 5 1 6
1 Sam. 8 8 16
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 2 4 6
2 Kgs. 3 1 4
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 13 14
Ezra 0 1 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 0 2 2
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 0 2 2
Eccl. 1 1 2
Isa. 2 2 4
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 0 2 2
Hosea 0 1 1
NT 47 40 87
BM 13 12 25
DC 6 4 10
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 147 123 270

1 Sam. 2:6
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

1 Sam. 16:2
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

1 Sam. 17:9
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

1 Sam. 17:25
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

1 Sam. 17:26
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

1 Sam. 17:27
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

1 Sam. 19:1
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

1 Sam. 19:2
But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

1 Sam. 19:17
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

1 Sam. 24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Sam. 24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

1 Sam. 24:18
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

1 Sam. 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

1 Sam. 28:24
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

1 Sam. 30:15
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.