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)

 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

 17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.




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)

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

Lev. 4:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

Lev. 5:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 5:2
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Lev. 5:4
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Lev. 5:15
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:

Lev. 5:17
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 6:2
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

Lev. 7:18
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 7:20
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Lev. 7:21
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Lev. 7:25
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

Lev. 7:27
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Lev. 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Lev. 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

Lev. 17:10
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Lev. 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Lev. 17:12
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Lev. 17:15
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Lev. 18:29
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Lev. 19:8
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Lev. 20:6
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Lev. 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Lev. 22:3
Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

Lev. 22:6
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Lev. 22:11
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

Lev. 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Lev. 23:29
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

Lev. 23:30
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

Lev. 23:32
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

Lev. 26:11
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

Lev. 26:15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

Lev. 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Lev. 26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.