Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'darkness' occurs 312 times in the standard works.

136 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'darkness' in the standard works and contain 43.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:21-28 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 8:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

Job 10:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 6:23 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 139:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 3:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 8:22-9:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 18:22-19:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:58 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 19:10 And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.

 19:11 For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others with the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, by tempest, by fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the opening of the earth, and by mountains which shall be carried up.




2 Ne. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 111 0 111
NT 51 0 51
BM 91 0 91
DC 43 0 43
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 312 0 312

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