Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'perish' occurs 244 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'perish' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 9:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:6 And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year. For the earth was smitten that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole earth was smitten, even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.

 11:7 And it came to pass that the people saw that they were about to perish by famine, and they began to remember the Lord their God; and they began to remember the words of Nephi.




Moro. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 90 26 116
NT 30 10 40
BM 115 22 137
1 Ne. 20 5 25
2 Ne. 27 3 30
Jacob 9 2 11
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 14 5 19
Alma 21 3 24
Hel. 5 2 7
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 9 1 10
Moro. 7 1 8
DC 7 2 9
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 244 61 305

Hel. 4:25
Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God they must unavoidably perish.

Hel. 7:28
And except ye repent ye shall perish; yea, even your lands shall be taken from you, and ye shall be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

Hel. 11:6
And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year. For the earth was smitten that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole earth was smitten, even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.

Hel. 11:7
And it came to pass that the people saw that they were about to perish by famine, and they began to remember the Lord their God; and they began to remember the words of Nephi.

Hel. 14:30
And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.

Hel. 15:2
Yea, except ye repent, your women shall have great cause to mourn in the day that they shall give suck; for ye shall attempt to flee and there shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo unto them which are with child, for they shall be heavy and cannot flee; therefore, they shall be trodden down and shall be left to perish.