Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'vain' occurs 173 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'vain' in the standard works and contain 20.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 127:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 76 0 76
NT 36 2 38
BM 57 1 58
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 2 0 2
Mosiah 11 0 11
Alma 18 0 18
Hel. 5 0 5
3 Ne. 9 0 9
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 3 0 3
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 173 3 176

2 Ne. 9:28
O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.