Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bury' occurs 48 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bury' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 50:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 33 9 42
NT 6 2 8
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 0 1 1
Luke 2 0 2
John 1 1 2
BM 8 3 11
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 48 14 62

Matt. 8:21
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Matt. 8:22
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Matt. 27:7
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

Mark 14:8
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

Luke 9:59
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Luke 9:60
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

John 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

John 19:40
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.