Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'vengeance' occurs 71 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'vengeance' in the standard works and contain 22.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 25:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

Ps. 94:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
NT 7 0 7
BM 13 0 13
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 5 0 5
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 2 0 2
DC 10 0 10
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 71 0 71

Morm. 3:15
Vengeance is mine, and I will repay; and because this people repented not after I had delivered them, behold, they shall be cut off from the face of the earth.

Morm. 8:20
Behold what the scripture says-- man shall not smite, neither shall he judge; for judgment is mine, saith the Lord, and vengeance is mine also, and I will repay.

Morm. 8:40
Yea, why do ye build up your secret abominations to get gain, and cause that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans to mourn before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers and their husbands to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance upon your heads?

Morm. 8:41
Behold, the sword of vengeance hangeth over you; and the time soon cometh that he avengeth the blood of the saints upon you, for he will not suffer their cries any longer.