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
Gen. 32 0 32
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 5 0 5
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 17 0 17
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 14 0 14
2 Sam. 7 1 8
1 Kgs. 20 0 20
2 Kgs. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 19 0 19
Ps. 26 0 26
Prov. 38 0 38
Eccl. 12 0 12
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 18 0 18
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 5 0 5
Dan. 1 0 1
Jonah 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 186 2 188
BM 142 0 142
DC 90 0 90
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 712 3 715

Prov. 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Prov. 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Prov. 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Prov. 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Prov. 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Prov. 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Prov. 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Prov. 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Prov. 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Prov. 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Prov. 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Prov. 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Prov. 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Prov. 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

Prov. 9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Prov. 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Prov. 10:16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Prov. 10:17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Prov. 11:19
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Prov. 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Prov. 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Prov. 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Prov. 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Prov. 13:8
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Prov. 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Prov. 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Prov. 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Prov. 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Prov. 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Prov. 15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Prov. 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

Prov. 16:15
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Prov. 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Prov. 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Prov. 19:23
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Prov. 21:21
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Prov. 22:4
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Prov. 31:12
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.