Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'murder' occurs 53 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'murder' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 2:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 17 21
Num. 0 11 11
2 Kgs. 0 2 2
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 1 2
NT 5 17 22
BM 35 89 124
DC 7 4 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 53 127 180

Ps. 10:8
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

Ps. 94:6
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Jer. 7:9
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.