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)

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
Gen. 30 16 46
Ex. 0 11 11
Lev. 4 30 34
Num. 7 19 26
Deut. 3 5 8
Josh. 26 12 38
Judg. 3 4 7
1 Sam. 1 5 6
2 Sam. 0 9 9
1 Kgs. 0 9 9
2 Kgs. 0 15 15
1 Chr. 11 16 27
2 Chr. 0 8 8
Neh. 0 6 6
Esth. 2 7 9
Job 0 12 12
Ps. 4 22 26
Prov. 3 21 24
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 3 25 28
Jer. 1 14 15
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 4 39 43
Dan. 1 7 8
Hosea 0 4 4
Joel 0 4 4
Amos 0 3 3
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 1 5 6
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 0 4 4
NT 8 91 99
BM 2 66 68
DC 17 38 55
PGP 5 4 9
TOTAL 137 540 677

Esth. 3:7
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

Esth. 4:1
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Esth. 4:2
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esth. 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esth. 4:4
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

Esth. 9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;