Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nothing' occurs 303 times in the standard works.

42 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nothing' in the standard works and contain 13.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 15:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 40:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 0 110
NT 115 0 115
BM 63 3 66
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 3 0 3
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 11 2 13
Alma 14 0 14
Hel. 6 1 7
3 Ne. 7 0 7
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 6 0 6
DC 13 0 13
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 303 3 306

Alma 11:22
And Amulek said unto him: Yea, if it be according to the Spirit of the Lord, which is in me; for I shall say nothing which is contrary to the Spirit of the Lord. And Zeezrom said unto him: Behold, here are six onties of silver, and all these will I give thee if thou wilt deny the existence of a Supreme Being.

Alma 12:11
And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries; and then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down to destruction. Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell.

Alma 14:17
And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek answered him nothing; and he smote them again, and delivered them to the officers to be cast into prison.

Alma 14:18
And when they had been cast into prison three days, there came many lawyers, and judges, and priests, and teachers, who were of the profession of Nehor; and they came in unto the prison to see them, and they questioned them about many words; but they answered them nothing.

Alma 14:19
And it came to pass that the judge stood before them, and said: Why do ye not answer the words of this people? Know ye not that I have power to deliver you up unto the flames? And he commanded them to speak; but they answered nothing.

Alma 26:12
Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.

Alma 30:52
And Korihor put forth his hand and wrote, saying: I know that I am dumb, for I cannot speak; and I know that nothing save it were the power of God could bring this upon me; yea, and I always knew that there was a God.

Alma 31:22
Now, from this stand they did offer up, every man, the selfsame prayer unto God, thanking their God that they were chosen of him, and that he did not lead them away after the tradition of their brethren, and that their hearts were not stolen away to believe in things to come, which they knew nothing about.

Alma 34:12
But the law requireth the life of him who hath murdered; therefore there can be nothing which is short of an infinite atonement which will suffice for the sins of the world.

Alma 34:28
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, do not suppose that this is all; for after ye have done all these things, if ye turn away the needy, and the naked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and impart of your substance, if ye have, to those who stand in need-- I say unto you, if ye do not any of these things, behold, your prayer is vain, and availeth you nothing, and ye are as hypocrites who do deny the faith.

Alma 36:21
Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.

Alma 45:19
Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man; and the saying went abroad in the church that he was taken up by the Spirit, or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses. But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself; and we suppose that he has also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself; therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial.

Alma 60:11
Behold, could ye suppose that ye could sit upon your thrones, and because of the exceeding goodness of God ye could do nothing and he would deliver you? Behold, if ye have supposed this ye have supposed in vain.