Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lest' occurs 359 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lest' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 27 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 10:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 20:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 12:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Prov. 30:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)


Ex. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 19:21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

 19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.




Deut. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 150 82 232
Gen. 17 1 18
Ex. 13 22 35
Lev. 6 1 7
Num. 7 6 13
Deut. 26 3 29
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 0 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 7 1 8
2 Sam. 8 1 9
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 1 5 6
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Job 4 1 5
Ps. 14 9 23
Prov. 18 1 19
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 6 8 14
Jer. 9 4 13
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 90 26 116
BM 75 9 84
DC 39 39 78
PGP 5 1 6
TOTAL 359 157 516

Ex. 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

Ex. 5:3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Ex. 5:15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Ex. 13:17
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Ex. 15:14
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Ex. 19:21
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

Ex. 19:22
And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

Ex. 19:24
And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.

Ex. 20:19
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Ex. 23:29
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

Ex. 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Ex. 25:31
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

Ex. 25:32
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

Ex. 25:33
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

Ex. 25:34
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

Ex. 25:35
And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

Ex. 26:35
And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

Ex. 30:27
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

Ex. 31:8
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

Ex. 33:3
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

Ex. 34:12
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Ex. 34:15
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Ex. 35:14
The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,

Ex. 37:17
And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

Ex. 37:18
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

Ex. 37:19
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

Ex. 37:20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:

Ex. 39:37
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

Ex. 40:4
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

Ex. 40:24
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.