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

Hel. 7:21
But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.

Hel. 12:4
O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world!

Hel. 13:32
And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto the Lord; and in vain shall ye cry, for your desolation is already come upon you, and your destruction is made sure; and then shall ye weep and howl in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts. And then shall ye lament, and say:

Hel. 16:22
And many more things did the people imagine up in their hearts, which were foolish and vain; and they were much disturbed, for Satan did stir them up to do iniquity continually; yea, he did go about spreading rumors and contentions upon all the face of the land, that he might harden the hearts of the people against that which was good and against that which should come.