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
NT 51 0 51
BM 91 0 91
DC 43 0 43
PGP 16 0 16
Moses 9 0 9
Abr. 4 0 4
JS-H 3 0 3
TOTAL 312 0 312

Moses 1:15
Blessed be the name of my God, for his Spirit hath not altogether withdrawn from me, or else where is thy glory, for it is darkness unto me? And I can judge between thee and God; for God said unto me: Worship God, for him only shalt thou serve.

Moses 2:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and I caused darkness to come up upon the face of the deep; and my Spirit moved upon the face of the water; for I am God.

Moses 2:4
And I, God, saw the light; and that light was good. And I, God, divided the light from the darkness.

Moses 2:5
And I, God, called the light Day; and the darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the word of my power, and it was done as I spake; and the evening and the morning were the first day.

Moses 2:18
And the sun to rule over the day, and the moon to rule over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good;

Moses 5:55
And thus the works of darkness began to prevail among all the sons of men.

Moses 7:26
And he beheld Satan; and he had a great chain in his hand, and it veiled the whole face of the earth with darkness; and he looked up and laughed, and his angels rejoiced.

Moses 7:57
And as many of the spirits as were in prison came forth, and stood on the right hand of God; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.

Moses 7:61
And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;

Abr. 4:2
And the earth, after it was formed, was empty and desolate, because they had not formed anything but the earth; and darkness reigned upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of the Gods was brooding upon the face of the waters.

Abr. 4:4
And they (the Gods) comprehended the light, for it was bright; and they divided the light, or caused it to be divided, from the darkness.

Abr. 4:5
And the Gods called the light Day, and the darkness they called Night. And it came to pass that from the evening until morning they called night; and from the morning until the evening they called day; and this was the first, or the beginning, of that which they called day and night.

Abr. 4:17
And the Gods set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to cause to divide the light from the darkness.

JS-H 1:13
At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to "ask of God," concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture.

JS-H 1:15
After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. I had scarcely done so, when immediately I was seized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. Thick darkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction.

JS-H 1:20
He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, "Never mind, all is well-- I am well enough off." I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true." It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?