Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lose' occurs 51 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lose' in the standard works and contain 29.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 16:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?




Mark 8:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 29 34
NT 19 9 28
Matt. 5 3 8
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 7 4 11
John 2 0 2
Acts 0 2 2
2 Jn. 1 0 1
BM 20 14 34
DC 7 5 12
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 51 59 110

Matt. 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matt. 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Matt. 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Matt. 13:15
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Matt. 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Matt. 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?