Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cannot' occurs 412 times in the standard works.

99 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cannot' in the standard works and contain 24% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:22-24 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Moro. 7:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:37 (3 in 1 verse)


Job 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:




2 Cor. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 28:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 44:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 59:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 56:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

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