Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'escape' occurs 79 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'escape' in the standard works and contain 24.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 19:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.




D&C 104:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 51 54 105
Gen. 6 1 7
Ex. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 0 5 5
1 Sam. 2 9 11
2 Sam. 2 2 4
1 Kgs. 1 3 4
2 Kgs. 3 2 5
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 5 6
Ps. 4 2 6
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 14 3 17
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 6 4 10
Dan. 2 0 2
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Obad. 1 0 1
NT 8 10 18
BM 6 5 11
DC 14 1 15
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 79 70 149

Gen. 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Gen. 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Gen. 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Gen. 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Gen. 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Gen. 32:8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.