Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'soul' occurs 663 times in the standard works.

225 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'soul' in the standard works and contain 33.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 94 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 30:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-31 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 7:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 18:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Song. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:29 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 58:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 42:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 86:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 13:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 53:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 31:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 14:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 107:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 56:13-57:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 63:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 86:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:22-104:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 116:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 130:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 143:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


Isa. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.




Isa. 55:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 420 59 479
Gen. 13 9 22
Ex. 4 5 9
Lev. 32 7 39
Num. 24 4 28
Deut. 18 0 18
Josh. 1 9 10
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 19 1 20
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Job 26 0 26
Ps. 132 2 134
Prov. 38 2 40
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 7 0 7
Isa. 25 1 26
Jer. 23 4 27
Lam. 8 1 9
Ezek. 11 14 25
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 39 19 58
BM 160 91 251
DC 34 29 63
PGP 10 5 15
TOTAL 663 203 866

Isa. 1:14
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Isa. 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Isa. 10:18
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

Isa. 26:8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Isa. 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Isa. 29:8
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

Isa. 32:6
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Isa. 38:15
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Isa. 38:17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Isa. 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Isa. 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isa. 51:23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Isa. 53:10
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Isa. 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Isa. 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isa. 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Isa. 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Isa. 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Isa. 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Isa. 58:5
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?

Isa. 58:10
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

Isa. 58:11
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Isa. 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Isa. 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.