Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'evil' occurs 794 times in the standard works.

239 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'evil' in the standard works and contain 30.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 93 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:8-17 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 18:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Pet. 3:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 12:21-13:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 29:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 24:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:45 (3 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 17:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 11:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:10-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 31:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 140:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:76 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:10-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 483 26 509
Gen. 18 0 18
Ex. 8 1 9
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 6 0 6
Deut. 24 6 30
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 14 0 14
1 Sam. 24 0 24
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 22 0 22
2 Kgs. 28 0 28
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 17 1 18
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 6 0 6
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 13 0 13
Ps. 40 6 46
Prov. 50 0 50
Eccl. 22 0 22
Isa. 21 5 26
Jer. 100 3 103
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 11 2 13
Dan. 3 0 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Jonah 6 0 6
Micah 7 0 7
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 1 3
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 132 127 259
BM 134 143 277
DC 29 39 68
PGP 16 7 23
TOTAL 794 342 1136

Ps. 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Ps. 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Ps. 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Ps. 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Ps. 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Ps. 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Ps. 26:5
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

Ps. 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Ps. 34:16
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Ps. 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Ps. 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Ps. 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Ps. 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Ps. 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Ps. 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

Ps. 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Ps. 40:14
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Ps. 41:5
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

Ps. 41:8
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

Ps. 49:5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Ps. 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Ps. 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Ps. 52:3
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Ps. 54:5
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Ps. 56:5
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Ps. 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Ps. 78:49
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

Ps. 90:15
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Ps. 91:10
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Ps. 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps. 109:5
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Ps. 109:20
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Ps. 112:7
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

Ps. 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Ps. 121:7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Ps. 140:1
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Ps. 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Ps. 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.