Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lie' occurs 192 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lie' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 18:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 32:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 477 608
Gen. 8 17 25
Ex. 3 29 32
Lev. 15 15 30
Num. 5 91 96
Deut. 7 16 23
Josh. 3 51 54
Judg. 3 15 18
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 6 5 11
2 Sam. 4 2 6
1 Kgs. 1 4 5
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 0 32 32
2 Chr. 0 13 13
Ezra 0 5 5
Neh. 0 8 8
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 8 16 24
Ps. 7 29 36
Prov. 3 16 19
Eccl. 1 5 6
Song. 1 6 7
Isa. 15 18 33
Jer. 9 21 30
Lam. 1 5 6
Ezek. 13 25 38
Dan. 0 4 4
Hosea 2 8 10
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 3 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 3 2 5
Nahum 0 4 4
Hab. 1 2 3
Zeph. 4 1 5
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 3 4
NT 24 343 367
BM 25 437 462
DC 12 152 164
PGP 0 43 43
TOTAL 192 1452 1644

Lev. 6:2
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

Lev. 6:3
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

Lev. 14:47
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Lev. 15:4
Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.

Lev. 15:18
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:20
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

Lev. 15:24
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

Lev. 15:26
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.

Lev. 15:33
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

Lev. 18:20
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

Lev. 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Lev. 18:23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Lev. 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Lev. 19:20
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Lev. 20:11
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:12
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

Lev. 20:16
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

Lev. 20:20
And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Lev. 25:35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Lev. 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Lev. 26:6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Lev. 26:34
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Lev. 26:35
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Lev. 26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.