Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'flesh' occurs 577 times in the standard works.

248 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'flesh' in the standard works and contain 43% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 8:3-13 (11 in 11 verses)

Lev. 7:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

Lev. 13:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Rev. 19:18-21 (6 in 4 verses)

John 6:51-56 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 13:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:39 (4 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 21:26-22:2 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 2:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 11:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)


Deut. 12:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

 12:20 When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

 12:21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.




Gal. 5:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Pet. 3:21-4:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 15:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 3:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 5:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 19:9 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:34 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Micah 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 8:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 5:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 9:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:25-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 6:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jude 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:73-74 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 271 12 283
Gen. 28 5 33
Ex. 13 2 15
Lev. 59 0 59
Num. 17 1 18
Deut. 13 0 13
Judg. 6 0 6
1 Sam. 5 2 7
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 2 1 3
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 17 0 17
Ps. 18 0 18
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 16 0 16
Jer. 11 0 11
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 23 0 23
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 4 0 4
NT 149 4 153
BM 86 0 86
DC 50 0 50
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 577 16 593

Deut. 5:26
For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Deut. 12:15
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Deut. 12:20
When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Deut. 12:23
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Deut. 12:27
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

Deut. 14:8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

Deut. 16:4
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

Deut. 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

Deut. 28:55
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

Deut. 32:42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.