Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'punishment' occurs 55 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'punishment' in the standard works and contain 45.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 19:10-12 (6 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 14:10 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:44 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lam. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 23 2 25
NT 4 0 4
BM 15 2 17
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 6 1 7
DC 12 1 13
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 55 5 60

Mosiah 4:17
Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just--

Alma 18:2
And when they had all testified to the things which they had seen, and he had learned of the faithfulness of Ammon in preserving his flocks, and also of his great power in contending against those who sought to slay him, he was astonished exceedingly, and said: Surely, this is more than a man. Behold, is not this the Great Spirit who doth send such great punishments upon this people, because of their murders?