Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dead' occurs 557 times in the standard works.

243 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dead' in the standard works and contain 43.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 127:5-128:22 (30 in 30 verses)

2 Sam. 12:18-23 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 1:44-50 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 124:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

Rom. 7:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 15:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 40:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 15:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 26:19 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

 13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

 13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.




John 8:52-53 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 11:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:42-19:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:60 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:37 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 177 3 180
Gen. 12 0 12
Ex. 8 0 8
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 9 0 9
Ruth 6 0 6
1 Sam. 8 1 9
2 Sam. 28 0 28
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 10 1 11
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 6 0 6
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 8 0 8
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 1 5
Amos 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
NT 187 5 192
BM 114 3 117
DC 78 2 80
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 557 13 570

2 Sam. 1:4
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

2 Sam. 1:5
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

2 Sam. 2:7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

2 Sam. 4:1
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 Sam. 4:10
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

2 Sam. 9:8
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

2 Sam. 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Sam. 11:24
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Sam. 11:26
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

2 Sam. 12:18
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

2 Sam. 12:19
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

2 Sam. 12:21
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

2 Sam. 12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

2 Sam. 13:32
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

2 Sam. 13:33
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

2 Sam. 13:39
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

2 Sam. 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

2 Sam. 14:5
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

2 Sam. 16:9
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Sam. 18:20
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

2 Sam. 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

2 Sam. 19:28
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?