Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'accursed' occurs 27 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'accursed' in the standard works and contain 74.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 7:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)


Josh. 6:17-18 (4 in 2 verses)

 6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.




Hel. 12:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 0 16
NT 4 0 4
BM 6 0 6
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 27 0 27

Deut. 21:23
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Josh. 6:17
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Josh. 6:18
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

Josh. 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

Josh. 7:11
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

Josh. 7:12
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

Josh. 7:13
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

Josh. 7:15
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

Josh. 22:20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

1 Chr. 2:7
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

Isa. 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Rom. 9:3
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

1 Cor. 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Gal. 1:8
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Gal. 1:9
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Hel. 12:18
And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the earth, and the Lord shall say-- Let it be accursed, because of the iniquity of him who hath hid it up-- behold, it shall be accursed.

Hel. 12:19
And if the Lord shall say-- Be thou accursed, that no man shall find thee from this time henceforth and forever-- behold, no man getteth it henceforth and forever.

Hel. 12:20
And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a man-- Because of thine iniquities, thou shalt be accursed forever-- it shall be done.

Ether 4:8
And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed; for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I am he who speaketh.

D&C 124:71
And if they do appropriate any portion of that stock anywhere else, only in that house, without the consent of the stockholder, and do not repay four-fold for the stock which they appropriate anywhere else, only in that house, they shall be accursed, and shall be moved out of their place, saith the Lord God; for I, the Lord, am God, and cannot be mocked in any of these things.