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
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

Eccl. 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Eccl. 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Eccl. 11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Eccl. 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.