Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'devil' occurs 187 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'devil' in the standard works and contain 35.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 29:36-40 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 28:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Jn. 3:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:39-41 (4 in 3 verses)

John 10:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:22 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh--

 22:23 For the time speedily shall come that all churches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.




2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:113-114 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 4 4
NT 61 52 113
BM 99 15 114
1 Ne. 12 2 14
2 Ne. 21 2 23
Jacob 4 0 4
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 3 11
Alma 30 3 33
Hel. 6 1 7
3 Ne. 8 3 11
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 7 0 7
DC 25 7 32
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 187 80 267

1 Ne. 11:31
And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.

1 Ne. 12:17
And the mists of darkness are the temptations of the devil, which blindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of men, and leadeth them away into broad roads, that they perish and are lost.

1 Ne. 12:19
And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed, according to the word of the angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and the temptations of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my brethren did overpower the people of my seed.

1 Ne. 13:6
And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable church; and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.

1 Ne. 14:3
And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell-- yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end.

1 Ne. 14:4
For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil, and also according to the justice of God, upon all those who will work wickedness and abomination before him.

1 Ne. 14:7
For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other-- either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 14:9
And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.

1 Ne. 14:10
And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

1 Ne. 14:17
And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable church of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to his people who are of the house of Israel.

1 Ne. 15:35
And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it; wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 22:22
And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh--

1 Ne. 22:23
For the time speedily shall come that all churches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.