Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'evil' occurs 794 times in the standard works.

239 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'evil' in the standard works and contain 30.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 93 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:8-17 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 18:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Pet. 3:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 12:21-13:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 29:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 24:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:45 (3 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 17:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 11:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:10-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 31:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 140:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:76 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:10-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 483 26 509
NT 132 127 259
BM 134 143 277
1 Ne. 0 16 16
2 Ne. 16 27 43
Jacob 7 6 13
Enos 1 0 1
Omni 1 1 2
Mosiah 20 12 32
Alma 37 44 81
Hel. 14 10 24
3 Ne. 15 14 29
Morm. 5 1 6
Ether 4 5 9
Moro. 14 7 21
DC 29 39 68
PGP 16 7 23
TOTAL 794 342 1136

3 Ne. 2:2
Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.

3 Ne. 6:13
Some were lifted up in pride, and others were exceedingly humble; some did return railing for railing, while others would receive railing and persecution and all manner of afflictions, and would not turn and revile again, but were humble and penitent before God.

3 Ne. 6:17
And thus, in the commencement of the thirtieth year-- the people having been delivered up for the space of a long time to be carried about by the temptations of the devil whithersoever he desired to carry them, and to do whatsoever iniquity he desired they should-- and thus in the commencement of this, the thirtieth year, they were in a state of awful wickedness.

3 Ne. 6:28
And they did enter into a covenant one with another, yea, even into that covenant which was given by them of old, which covenant was given and administered by the devil, to combine against all righteousness.

3 Ne. 7:19
And in the name of Jesus did he cast out devils and unclean spirits; and even his brother did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned and suffered death by the people.

3 Ne. 7:22
And as many as had devils cast out from them, and were healed of their sicknesses and their infirmities, did truly manifest unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and had been healed; and they did show forth signs also and did do some miracles among the people.

3 Ne. 9:2
Wo, wo, wo unto this people; wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth except they shall repent; for the devil laugheth, and his angels rejoice, because of the slain of the fair sons and daughters of my people; and it is because of their iniquity and abominations that they are fallen!

3 Ne. 11:29
For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.

3 Ne. 12:11
And blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;

3 Ne. 14:22
Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?

3 Ne. 18:15
Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always, lest ye be tempted by the devil, and ye be led away captive by him.

3 Ne. 21:10
But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.

3 Ne. 22:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall revile against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

3 Ne. 27:11
But if it be not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you they have joy in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh, and they are hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there is no return.