Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'living' occurs 212 times in the standard works.

52 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'living' in the standard works and contain 24.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 1:13-22 (10 in 10 verses)


1 Kgs. 3:22-27 (7 in 6 verses)

 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

 3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.




Ezek. 32:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 14:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:51-53 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 38:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 107 0 107
Gen. 16 0 16
Lev. 9 0 9
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 11 0 11
Eccl. 7 0 7
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 8 0 8
Jer. 5 0 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 22 0 22
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 40 0 40
BM 21 0 21
DC 28 0 28
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 212 0 212

1 Kgs. 3:22
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

1 Kgs. 3:23
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

1 Kgs. 3:25
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

1 Kgs. 3:26
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

1 Kgs. 3:27
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.