Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'iniquity' occurs 428 times in the standard works.

102 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'iniquity' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 4:4-6 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 26:39-43 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 6:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 32:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:12-37:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:4 O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world!

 12:5 Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his counsels, yea, how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!




Ether 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 262 0 262
NT 16 0 16
BM 134 0 134
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 13 0 13
Jacob 3 0 3
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 20 0 20
Alma 31 0 31
Hel. 21 0 21
3 Ne. 16 0 16
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 11 0 11
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 14 0 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 428 0 428

Hel. 4:14
But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them if they did not repent of their sins.

Hel. 4:23
And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy and in the spirit of revelation; and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.

Hel. 5:4
And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary because of their iniquity; and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and took it upon him to preach the word of God all the remainder of his days, and his brother Lehi also, all the remainder of his days;

Hel. 7:6
Now this great iniquity had come upon the Nephites, in the space of not many years; and when Nephi saw it, his heart was swollen with sorrow within his breast; and he did exclaim in the agony of his soul:

Hel. 7:7
Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my father Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could have joyed with him in the promised land; then were his people easy to be entreated, firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to be led to do iniquity; and they were quick to hearken unto the words of the Lord--

Hel. 7:21
But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.

Hel. 11:34
Now this great evil, which came unto the people because of their iniquity, did stir them up again in remembrance of the Lord their God.

Hel. 11:36
And in the eighty and second year they began again to forget the Lord their God. And in the eighty and third year they began to wax strong in iniquity. And in the eighty and fourth year they did not mend their ways.

Hel. 12:4
O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world!

Hel. 12:5
Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his counsels, yea, how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!

Hel. 12:18
And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the earth, and the Lord shall say-- Let it be accursed, because of the iniquity of him who hath hid it up-- behold, it shall be accursed.

Hel. 12:22
And wo unto him to whom he shall say this, for it shall be unto him that will do iniquity, and he cannot be saved; therefore, for this cause, that men might be saved, hath repentance been declared.

Hel. 13:24
Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which has arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of iniquity unto them, even as they did of old time.

Hel. 13:27
But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth-- and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet.

Hel. 13:30
Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity.

Hel. 13:38
But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.

Hel. 14:30
And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.

Hel. 15:4
But behold my brethren, the Lamanites hath he hated because their deeds have been evil continually, and this because of the iniquity of the tradition of their fathers. But behold, salvation hath come unto them through the preaching of the Nephites; and for this intent hath the Lord prolonged their days.

Hel. 15:10
And now, because of their steadfastness when they do believe in that thing which they do believe, for because of their firmness when they are once enlightened, behold, the Lord shall bless them and prolong their days, notwithstanding their iniquity--

Hel. 16:12
And there was but little alteration in the affairs of the people, save it were the people began to be more hardened in iniquity, and do more and more of that which was contrary to the commandments of God, in the eighty and ninth year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 16:22
And many more things did the people imagine up in their hearts, which were foolish and vain; and they were much disturbed, for Satan did stir them up to do iniquity continually; yea, he did go about spreading rumors and contentions upon all the face of the land, that he might harden the hearts of the people against that which was good and against that which should come.