Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wrath' occurs 280 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wrath' in the standard works and contain 16.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 2:8-11 (5 in 4 verses)

Job 32:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 32:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 14:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)


Alma 12:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

 12:35 And whosoever will harden his heart and will do iniquity, behold, I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest.

 12:36 And now, my brethren, behold I say unto you, that if ye will harden your hearts ye shall not enter into the rest of the Lord; therefore your iniquity provoketh him that he sendeth down his wrath upon you as in the first provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation as well as the first, to the everlasting destruction of your souls; therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, as well as the first.

 12:37 And now, my brethren, seeing we know these things, and they are true, let us repent, and harden not our hearts, that we provoke not the Lord our God to pull down his wrath upon us in these his second commandments which he has given unto us; but let us enter into the rest of God, which is prepared according to his word.




Ps. 76:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:35-15:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 27:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

James 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:106-107 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:105-106 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 151 2 153
NT 47 1 48
BM 44 0 44
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 11 0 11
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 9 0 9
DC 37 0 37
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 280 3 283

Alma 10:18
Ye are laying plans to pervert the ways of the righteous, and to bring down the wrath of God upon your heads, even to the utter destruction of this people.

Alma 12:35
And whosoever will harden his heart and will do iniquity, behold, I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest.

Alma 12:36
And now, my brethren, behold I say unto you, that if ye will harden your hearts ye shall not enter into the rest of the Lord; therefore your iniquity provoketh him that he sendeth down his wrath upon you as in the first provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation as well as the first, to the everlasting destruction of your souls; therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, as well as the first.

Alma 12:37
And now, my brethren, seeing we know these things, and they are true, let us repent, and harden not our hearts, that we provoke not the Lord our God to pull down his wrath upon us in these his second commandments which he has given unto us; but let us enter into the rest of God, which is prepared according to his word.

Alma 13:30
And may the Lord grant unto you repentance, that ye may not bring down his wrath upon you, that ye may not be bound down by the chains of hell, that ye may not suffer the second death.

Alma 14:11
But Alma said unto him: The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch forth mine hand; for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in glory; and he doth suffer that they may do this thing, or that the people may do this thing unto them, according to the hardness of their hearts, that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just; and the blood of the innocent shall stand as a witness against them, yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day.

Alma 26:18
Behold, we went forth even in wrath, with mighty threatenings to destroy his church.

Alma 31:17
But thou art the same yesterday, today, and forever; and thou hast elected us that we shall be saved, whilst all around us are elected to be cast by thy wrath down to hell; for the which holiness, O God, we thank thee; and we also thank thee that thou hast elected us, that we may not be led away after the foolish traditions of our brethren, which doth bind them down to a belief of Christ, which doth lead their hearts to wander far from thee, our God.

Alma 40:14
Now this is the state of the souls of the wicked, yea, in darkness, and a state of awful, fearful looking for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them; thus they remain in this state, as well as the righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection.

Alma 54:6
Behold, I would tell you somewhat concerning the justice of God, and the sword of his almighty wrath, which doth hang over you except ye repent and withdraw your armies into your own lands, or the land of your possessions, which is the land of Nephi.

Alma 54:9
And now behold, we are prepared to receive you; yea, and except you withdraw your purposes, behold, ye will pull down the wrath of that God whom you have rejected upon you, even to your utter destruction.