Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lot' occurs 137 times in the standard works.

58 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lot' in the standard works and contain 42.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 25 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 13:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Josh. 21:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 104:39-43 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)


Abr. 2:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:4 Therefore I left the land of Ur, of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and I took Lot, my brother's son, and his wife, and Sarai my wife; and also my father followed after me, unto the land which we denominated Haran.

 2:5 And the famine abated; and my father tarried in Haran and dwelt there, as there were many flocks in Haran; and my father turned again unto his idolatry, therefore he continued in Haran.

 2:6 But I, Abraham, and Lot, my brother's son, prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord appeared unto me, and said unto me: Arise, and take Lot with thee; for I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a minister to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession, when they hearken to my voice.




Gen. 19:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 105 341 446
NT 8 91 99
BM 2 66 68
DC 17 38 55
PGP 5 4 9
Moses 0 2 2
Abr. 5 0 5
JS-M 0 1 1
JS-H 0 1 1
TOTAL 137 540 677

Abr. 2:4
Therefore I left the land of Ur, of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and I took Lot, my brother's son, and his wife, and Sarai my wife; and also my father followed after me, unto the land which we denominated Haran.

Abr. 2:6
But I, Abraham, and Lot, my brother's son, prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord appeared unto me, and said unto me: Arise, and take Lot with thee; for I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a minister to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession, when they hearken to my voice.

Abr. 2:14
So I, Abraham, departed as the Lord had said unto me, and Lot with me; and I, Abraham, was sixty and two years old when I departed out of Haran.

Abr. 2:15
And I took Sarai, whom I took to wife when I was in Ur, in Chaldea, and Lot, my brother's son, and all our substance that we had gathered, and the souls that we had won in Haran, and came forth in the way to the land of Canaan, and dwelt in tents as we came on our way;