Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lay' occurs 363 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lay' in the standard works and contain 20.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 19:33-35 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 26:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 4:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 16:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:51-52 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:76 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:43-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 192 261 453
Gen. 13 14 27
Ex. 9 25 34
Lev. 15 6 21
Num. 6 16 22
Deut. 10 9 19
Josh. 3 11 14
Judg. 8 5 13
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 11 22 33
2 Sam. 12 7 19
1 Kgs. 8 13 21
2 Kgs. 6 4 10
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 2 5 7
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 3 4
Esth. 5 1 6
Job 9 15 24
Ps. 6 18 24
Prov. 7 5 12
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 21 15 36
Jer. 3 19 22
Ezek. 23 20 43
Dan. 0 10 10
Hosea 0 5 5
Amos 1 3 4
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 2 1 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 2 2
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 49 32 81
BM 87 137 224
DC 29 32 61
PGP 6 11 17
TOTAL 363 473 836

Lev. 1:6
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

Lev. 1:7
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

Lev. 1:8
And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

Lev. 1:12
And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

Lev. 2:15
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.

Lev. 3:2
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Lev. 3:8
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

Lev. 3:13
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

Lev. 4:4
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.

Lev. 4:15
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

Lev. 4:24
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering.

Lev. 4:29
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

Lev. 4:33
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

Lev. 6:12
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.

Lev. 14:13
And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:

Lev. 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

Lev. 20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

Lev. 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Lev. 24:14
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.