Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kill' occurs 147 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kill' in the standard works and contain 17.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 78 66 144
NT 47 40 87
Matt. 9 5 14
Mark 5 7 12
Luke 6 8 14
John 9 1 10
Acts 9 6 15
Rom. 1 2 3
2 Cor. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 1 1
James 3 1 4
Rev. 5 7 12
BM 13 12 25
DC 6 4 10
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 147 123 270

Luke 11:47
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Luke 11:48
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Luke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Luke 13:31
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Luke 15:23
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Luke 15:27
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Luke 18:20
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

Luke 20:14
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

Luke 20:15
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Luke 22:7
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.