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)

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
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 5 0 5
Deut. 5 0 5
Josh. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 28 0 28
Ps. 17 0 17
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 6 0 6
Isa. 18 0 18
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 3 0 3
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 51 0 51
BM 91 0 91
DC 43 0 43
PGP 16 0 16
TOTAL 312 0 312

Ps. 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Ps. 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Ps. 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Ps. 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Ps. 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Ps. 88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

Ps. 91:6
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Ps. 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Ps. 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Ps. 105:28
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Ps. 107:10
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Ps. 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Ps. 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Ps. 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Ps. 139:12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Ps. 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.