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)

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
NT 149 4 153
Matt. 5 0 5
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 2 0 2
John 13 0 13
Acts 4 0 4
Rom. 26 0 26
1 Cor. 12 0 12
2 Cor. 11 2 13
Gal. 18 0 18
Eph. 10 0 10
Philip. 5 0 5
Col. 8 1 9
1 Tim. 1 0 1
Philem. 1 0 1
Heb. 5 0 5
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 7 1 8
2 Pet. 2 0 2
1 Jn. 3 0 3
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 3 0 3
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 86 0 86
DC 50 0 50
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 577 16 593

Gal. 1:16
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

Gal. 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Gal. 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Gal. 3:3
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Gal. 4:13
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

Gal. 4:14
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Gal. 4:23
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Gal. 4:29
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

Gal. 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Gal. 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Gal. 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Gal. 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal. 5:24
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Gal. 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Gal. 6:12
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Gal. 6:13
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.