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)

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

Zech. 2:7
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Zech. 4:2
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

Zech. 4:11
Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?