Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'contrary' occurs 51 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'contrary' in the standard works and contain 19.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 16:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 10 0 10
NT 14 0 14
Matt. 1 0 1
Mark 1 0 1
Acts 5 0 5
Rom. 2 0 2
Gal. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 0 1
BM 20 0 20
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 51 0 51

Matt. 14:24
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

Mark 6:48
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Acts 18:13
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Acts 23:3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Acts 26:9
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 27:4
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Rom. 11:24
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

Rom. 16:17
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

Gal. 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Col. 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

1 Thes. 2:15
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

1 Tim. 1:10
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

Titus 2:8
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.