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)

 3:2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.




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

Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.