Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sleep' occurs 105 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sleep' in the standard works and contain 36.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Prov. 6:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

John 11:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 24:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 20:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 76:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

 76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.




Alma 55:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 61 12 73
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 1 0 1
Deut. 3 0 3
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 2 2 4
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 10 1 11
Prov. 12 2 14
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 5 0 5
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 0 1 1
Jonah 0 2 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 21 22 43
BM 16 4 20
DC 4 5 9
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 105 43 148

Ps. 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. 13:3
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Ps. 44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Ps. 76:5
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

Ps. 76:6
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Ps. 78:65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

Ps. 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Ps. 121:4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Ps. 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Ps. 132:4
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,