Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'against' occurs 2361 times in the standard works.

1213 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'against' in the standard works and contain 51.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 468 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 1:15-19 (10 in 5 verses)

Jer. 50:42-51:5 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 10:23-30 (9 in 8 verses)

Jer. 50:21-29 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 38:16-39:1 (9 in 9 verses)

Luke 12:52-53 (8 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:2-7 (8 in 6 verses)

Judg. 20:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Sam. 14:47-52 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 24:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 98:39-44 (7 in 6 verses)

Neh. 3:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Eph. 6:11-12 (6 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Jer. 51:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 25:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Hosea 7:13-8:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 10:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 3:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Isa. 29:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Dan. 9:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 58:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Isa. 19:2 (5 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:7-8 (5 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)


Alma 35:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

 35:9 And he breathed out many threatenings against them. And now the people of Ammon did not fear their words; therefore they did not cast them out, but they did receive all the poor of the Zoramites that came over unto them; and they did nourish them, and did clothe them, and did give unto them lands for their inheritance; and they did administer unto them according to their wants.

 35:10 Now this did stir up the Zoramites to anger against the people of Ammon, and they began to mix with the Lamanites and to stir them up also to anger against them.

 35:11 And thus the Zoramites and the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of Ammon, and also against the Nephites.




Josh. 22:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 10:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 12:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 32:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 23:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 16:38-42 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:20-25:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 9:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 25:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 26:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 10:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 9:16-10:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 8:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 34:7 (4 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:5 (4 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:5 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-40 (4 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 21:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 20:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 14:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 47:7-48:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Lam. 3:60-62 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 35:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 17:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 22:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 10:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 24:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 24:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

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