Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dead' occurs 557 times in the standard works.

243 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dead' in the standard works and contain 43.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 101 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 127:5-128:22 (30 in 30 verses)

2 Sam. 12:18-23 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 1:44-50 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 124:32-36 (6 in 5 verses)

Rom. 7:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 15:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 40:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 15:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 26:19 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 1:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

John 8:52-53 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 11:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:42-19:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:60 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:37 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 177 3 180
Gen. 12 0 12
Ex. 8 0 8
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 9 0 9
Ruth 6 0 6
1 Sam. 8 1 9
2 Sam. 28 0 28
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 10 1 11
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 6 0 6
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 8 0 8
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 1 5
Amos 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
NT 187 5 192
BM 114 3 117
DC 78 2 80
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 557 13 570

2 Kgs. 3:5
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Kgs. 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

2 Kgs. 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

2 Kgs. 8:5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

2 Kgs. 11:1
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

2 Kgs. 19:35
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

2 Kgs. 23:30
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.