Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lying' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lying' in the standard works and contain 12.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Num. 31:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Chr. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.




Ezek. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 10 56
Gen. 2 1 3
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 0 2 2
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ps. 9 1 10
Prov. 8 1 9
Isa. 4 3 7
Jer. 3 0 3
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 11 3 14
BM 11 17 28
DC 9 3 12
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 78 33 111

2 Chr. 18:21
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

2 Chr. 18:22
Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.