Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cannot' occurs 412 times in the standard works.

99 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cannot' in the standard works and contain 24% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:22-24 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Moro. 7:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:37 (3 in 1 verse)

Job 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 28:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 44:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 3:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 59:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 56:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 131:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 0 113
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 2 0 2
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 23 0 23
Ps. 6 0 6
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 15 0 15
Jer. 17 0 17
Lam. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 71 0 71
BM 131 0 131
DC 89 0 89
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 412 0 412

Num. 22:18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

Num. 23:20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

Num. 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?

Num. 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.