Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dead' occurs 557 times in the standard works.

243 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dead' in the standard works and contain 43.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 127:5-128:22 (30 in 30 verses)

2 Sam. 12:18-23 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 1:44-50 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 124:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

Rom. 7:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 15:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 40:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)


1 Cor. 15:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

 15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.




Alma 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 26:19 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

John 8:52-53 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 11:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:42-19:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:60 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:37 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 177 3 180
NT 187 5 192
Matt. 16 0 16
Mark 13 1 14
Luke 19 0 19
John 21 0 21
Acts 22 0 22
Rom. 25 1 26
1 Cor. 15 0 15
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 3 0 3
Eph. 4 0 4
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 5 0 5
1 Thes. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 3 0 3
Heb. 9 0 9
James 4 1 5
1 Pet. 5 0 5
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 16 2 18
BM 114 3 117
DC 78 2 80
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 557 13 570

1 Cor. 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Cor. 15:12
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Cor. 15:13
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

1 Cor. 15:15
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

1 Cor. 15:16
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

1 Cor. 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

1 Cor. 15:21
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

1 Cor. 15:29
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

1 Cor. 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

1 Cor. 15:35
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

1 Cor. 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

1 Cor. 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.