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
Matt. 20 27 47
Mark 6 19 25
Luke 14 31 45
John 7 11 18
Acts 12 3 15
Rom. 17 0 17
1 Cor. 4 6 10
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 3 2 5
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 3 0 3
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 2 3 5
2 Tim. 4 1 5
Titus 3 0 3
Heb. 3 1 4
James 8 3 11
1 Pet. 10 7 17
2 Pet. 3 0 3
1 Jn. 1 4 5
2 Jn. 1 0 1
3 Jn. 2 0 2
Jude 2 1 3
Rev. 1 8 9
BM 134 143 277
DC 29 39 68
PGP 16 7 23
TOTAL 794 342 1136

Matt. 4:1
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Matt. 4:5
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Matt. 4:8
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Matt. 4:11
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Matt. 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Matt. 5:11
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Matt. 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matt. 5:39
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matt. 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matt. 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Matt. 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matt. 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Matt. 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Matt. 7:17
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Matt. 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Matt. 7:22
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?

Matt. 8:16
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

Matt. 8:28
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Matt. 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

Matt. 8:33
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

Matt. 9:4
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

Matt. 9:32
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

Matt. 9:33
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

Matt. 9:34
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

Matt. 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Matt. 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

Matt. 12:22
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Matt. 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Matt. 12:27
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

Matt. 12:28
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Matt. 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matt. 12:35
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Matt. 12:39
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Matt. 13:39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Matt. 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Matt. 15:22
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Matt. 17:18
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

Matt. 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matt. 24:48
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

Matt. 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matt. 27:23
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Matt. 27:39
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,