Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lying' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lying' in the standard works and contain 12.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 10 56
Gen. 2 1 3
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 0 2 2
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ps. 9 1 10
Prov. 8 1 9
Isa. 4 3 7
Jer. 3 0 3
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 11 3 14
BM 11 17 28
DC 9 3 12
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 78 33 111

Ezek. 13:6
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

Ezek. 13:7
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

Ezek. 13:19
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?