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.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

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)

 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

 5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.




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
DC 13 0 13
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 303 3 306

Connect failed: User ior_ro already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections