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
NT 21 22 43
BM 16 4 20
DC 4 5 9
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 105 43 148

D&C 35:21
For they will hear my voice, and shall see me, and shall not be asleep, and shall abide the day of my coming; for they shall be purified, even as I am pure.

D&C 43:18
For the day cometh that the Lord shall utter his voice out of heaven; the heavens shall shake and the earth shall tremble, and the trump of God shall sound both long and loud, and shall say to the sleeping nations: Ye saints arise and live; ye sinners stay and sleep until I shall call again.

D&C 63:51
Wherefore, children shall grow up until they become old; old men shall die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

D&C 86:3
And after they have fallen asleep the great persecutor of the church, the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign-- behold he soweth the tares; wherefore, the tares choke the wheat and drive the church into the wilderness.

D&C 88:124
Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.

D&C 101:31
And when he dies he shall not sleep, that is to say in the earth, but shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious.

D&C 101:53
Ought ye not to have done even as I commanded you, and-- after ye had planted the vineyard, and built the hedge round about, and set watchmen upon the walls thereof-- built the tower also, and set a watchman upon the tower, and watched for my vineyard, and not have fallen asleep, lest the enemy should come upon you?

D&C 138:17
Their sleeping dust was to be restored unto its perfect frame, bone to his bone, and the sinews and the flesh upon them, the spirit and the body to be united never again to be divided, that they might receive a fulness of joy.