Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'death' occurs 640 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 'death' in the standard works and contain 38.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 97 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:6-15 (11 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 9:10-19 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 14:14-20 (10 in 7 verses)

Alma 11:41-45 (9 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:16-24 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 6:20-25 (7 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 29:41-43 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 17:18-18:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 24:16 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 24:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)


1 Cor. 15:54-56 (3 in 3 verses)

 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.




2 Ne. 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 31:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 234 3 237
NT 138 1 139
Matt. 12 0 12
Mark 10 0 10
Luke 10 0 10
John 12 0 12
Acts 12 0 12
Rom. 22 0 22
1 Cor. 8 0 8
2 Cor. 8 1 9
Philip. 6 0 6
Col. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 10 0 10
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 6 0 6
Rev. 17 0 17
BM 220 1 221
DC 41 1 42
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 640 6 646

1 Cor. 3:22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

1 Cor. 4:9
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Cor. 11:26
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

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

1 Cor. 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

1 Cor. 15:54
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

1 Cor. 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Cor. 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.