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)

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

Prov. 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Prov. 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Prov. 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Prov. 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Prov. 6:10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Prov. 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Prov. 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Prov. 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: