Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lie' occurs 192 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lie' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 18:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 32:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 477 608
Gen. 8 17 25
Ex. 3 29 32
Lev. 15 15 30
Num. 5 91 96
Deut. 7 16 23
Josh. 3 51 54
Judg. 3 15 18
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 6 5 11
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 1 4 5
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 0 32 32
2 Chr. 0 13 13
Ezra 0 5 5
Neh. 0 8 8
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 8 16 24
Ps. 7 29 36
Prov. 3 16 19
Eccl. 1 5 6
Song. 1 6 7
Isa. 15 18 33
Jer. 9 21 30
Lam. 1 5 6
Ezek. 13 25 38
Dan. 0 4 4
Hosea 2 8 10
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 3 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 3 2 5
Nahum 0 4 4
Hab. 1 2 3
Zeph. 4 1 5
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 3 4
NT 24 343 367
BM 25 437 462
DC 12 152 164
PGP 0 43 43
TOTAL 192 1452 1644

1 Sam. 3:5
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

1 Sam. 3:6
And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

1 Sam. 3:9
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Sam. 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Sam. 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

1 Sam. 9:21
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

1 Sam. 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

1 Sam. 15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

1 Sam. 22:8
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Sam. 22:13
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Sam. 27:12
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.