Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'live' occurs 311 times in the standard works.

82 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'live' in the standard works and contain 26.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Gal. 2:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 14:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

John 6:57-58 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:44-45 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 38:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 18:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:86 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 179 799 978
Gen. 12 66 78
Ex. 5 28 33
Lev. 5 18 23
Num. 5 12 17
Deut. 18 35 53
Josh. 4 25 29
Judg. 0 58 58
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 57 58
2 Sam. 3 42 45
1 Kgs. 3 33 36
2 Kgs. 5 48 53
1 Chr. 0 11 11
2 Chr. 1 31 32
Ezra 0 6 6
Neh. 3 5 8
Esth. 1 3 4
Job 4 17 21
Ps. 15 101 116
Prov. 4 21 25
Eccl. 5 3 8
Isa. 8 35 43
Jer. 11 46 57
Lam. 1 4 5
Ezek. 49 37 86
Dan. 5 18 23
Hosea 1 4 5
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 3 10 13
Obad. 0 2 2
Jonah 2 1 3
Micah 0 6 6
Hab. 1 2 3
Zeph. 1 1 2
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 3 8 11
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 68 192 260
BM 33 335 368
DC 26 126 152
PGP 5 41 46
TOTAL 311 1493 1804

1 Sam. 1:26
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 1:28
Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.

1 Sam. 2:6
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

1 Sam. 4:8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

1 Sam. 4:19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

1 Sam. 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 7:14
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Sam. 8:14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

1 Sam. 10:18
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:

1 Sam. 12:10
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

1 Sam. 12:11
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

1 Sam. 12:21
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

1 Sam. 14:10
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.

1 Sam. 14:12
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

1 Sam. 14:37
And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

1 Sam. 14:39
For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Sam. 14:45
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

1 Sam. 14:48
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

1 Sam. 15:8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

1 Sam. 17:35
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

1 Sam. 17:37
David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

1 Sam. 17:46
This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

1 Sam. 17:55
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

1 Sam. 19:6
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

1 Sam. 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

1 Sam. 20:14
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:

1 Sam. 20:21
And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.

1 Sam. 20:31
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

1 Sam. 23:4
Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

1 Sam. 23:7
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

1 Sam. 23:11
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

1 Sam. 23:12
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.

1 Sam. 23:14
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

1 Sam. 23:20
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

1 Sam. 24:4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

1 Sam. 24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Sam. 24:15
The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

1 Sam. 24:18
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

1 Sam. 25:6
And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

1 Sam. 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Sam. 25:34
For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

1 Sam. 26:8
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

1 Sam. 26:10
David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

1 Sam. 26:16
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

1 Sam. 26:23
The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed.

1 Sam. 26:24
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

1 Sam. 27:9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

1 Sam. 27:11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 28:10
And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

1 Sam. 28:19
Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 29:6
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

1 Sam. 30:15
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

1 Sam. 30:23
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.