Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'life' occurs 712 times in the standard works.

220 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'life' in the standard works and contain 30.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 84 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Jn. 5:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 34:32-34 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

John 5:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:39-42 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:5 (3 in 1 verse)

John 12:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 4:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:27-22:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:66 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:33 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:36 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 264 1 265
NT 186 2 188
BM 142 0 142
DC 90 0 90
PGP 30 0 30
Moses 17 0 17
Abr. 9 0 9
JS-H 4 0 4
TOTAL 712 3 715

Moses 1:39
For behold, this is my work and my glory-- to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

Moses 2:20
And I, God, said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl which may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Moses 2:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein I grant life, there shall be given every clean herb for meat; and it was so, even as I spake.

Moses 3:7
And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made according to my word.

Moses 3:9
And out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree, naturally, that is pleasant to the sight of man; and man could behold it. And it became also a living soul. For it was spiritual in the day that I created it; for it remaineth in the sphere in which I, God, created it, yea, even all things which I prepared for the use of man; and man saw that it was good for food. And I, the Lord God, planted the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Moses 3:19
And out of the ground I, the Lord God, formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and commanded that they should come unto Adam, to see what he would call them; and they were also living souls; for I, God, breathed into them the breath of life, and commanded that whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that should be the name thereof.

Moses 4:20
And I, the Lord God, said unto the serpent: Because thou hast done this thou shalt be cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life;

Moses 4:23
And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying-- Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Moses 4:28
And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten: Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and partake also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever,

Moses 4:31
So I drove out the man, and I placed at the east of the Garden of Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.

Moses 5:10
And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God.

Moses 5:11
And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.

Moses 6:59
That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory;

Moses 7:45
And it came to pass that Enoch looked; and from Noah, he beheld all the families of the earth; and he cried unto the Lord, saying: When shall the day of the Lord come? When shall the blood of the Righteous be shed, that all they that mourn may be sanctified and have eternal life?

Moses 8:18
And in those days there were giants on the earth, and they sought Noah to take away his life; but the Lord was with Noah, and the power of the Lord was upon him.

Moses 8:26
And the Lord said: I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth Noah that I have created them, and that I have made them; and he hath called upon me; for they have sought his life.

Abr. 1:7
Therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of the heathen in offering up their children unto these dumb idols, and hearkened not unto my voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest of Elkenah. The priest of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh.

Abr. 1:15
And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands;

Abr. 1:17
And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.

Abr. 1:30
Accordingly a famine prevailed throughout all the land of Chaldea, and my father was sorely tormented because of the famine, and he repented of the evil which he had determined against me, to take away my life.

Abr. 2:11
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee; and in thee (that is, in thy Priesthood) and in thy seed (that is, thy Priesthood), for I give unto thee a promise that this right shall continue in thee, and in thy seed after thee (that is to say, the literal seed, or the seed of the body) shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.

Abr. 4:20
And the Gods said: Let us prepare the waters to bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that have life; and the fowl, that they may fly above the earth in the open expanse of heaven.

Abr. 4:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, behold, we will give them life, and also we will give to them every green herb for meat, and all these things shall be thus organized.

Abr. 5:7
And the Gods formed man from the dust of the ground, and took his spirit (that is, the man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Abr. 5:9
And out of the ground made the Gods to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life, also, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

JS-H 1:14
So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired to the woods to make the attempt. It was on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It was the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst all my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to pray vocally.

JS-H 1:20
He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, "Never mind, all is well-- I am well enough off." I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true." It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?

JS-H 1:22
I soon found, however, that my telling the story had excited a great deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion, and was the cause of great persecution, which continued to increase; and though I was an obscure boy, only between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and my circumstances in life such as to make a boy of no consequence in the world, yet men of high standing would take notice sufficient to excite the public mind against me, and create a bitter persecution; and this was common among all the sects-- all united to persecute me.

JS-H 1:27
I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty-- first of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all the time suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men, both religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I had seen a vision.