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)

 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

 3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.




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)

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
Matt. 12 13 25
Mark 6 12 18
Luke 13 17 30
John 10 0 10
Acts 2 0 2
1 Cor. 0 4 4
Eph. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 2 1 3
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
James 1 2 3
1 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 4 0 4
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 5 3 8
BM 99 15 114
DC 25 7 32
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 187 80 267

1 Tim. 3:6
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

1 Tim. 3:7
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

1 Tim. 4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;