Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'false' occurs 88 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 'false' in the standard works and contain 22.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 26:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 122:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 31 63
NT 32 4 36
BM 17 1 18
2 Ne. 6 0 6
W of M 3 0 3
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 2 1 3
4 Ne. 1 0 1
DC 4 2 6
PGP 3 2 5
TOTAL 88 40 128

2 Ne. 3:12
Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

2 Ne. 25:18
Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews.

2 Ne. 28:9
Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

2 Ne. 28:12
Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

2 Ne. 28:15
O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell!

W of M 1:15
And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and their mouths had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;

W of M 1:16
And after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people--

Mosiah 13:23
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Alma 1:16
Nevertheless, this did not put an end to the spreading of priestcraft through the land; for there were many who loved the vain things of the world, and they went forth preaching false doctrines; and this they did for the sake of riches and honor.

Hel. 7:21
But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder, and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity.

Hel. 12:1
And thus we can behold how false, and also the unsteadiness of the hearts of the children of men; yea, we can see that the Lord in his great infinite goodness doth bless and prosper those who put their trust in him.

Hel. 13:26
Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil.

3 Ne. 12:11
And blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;

3 Ne. 14:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

3 Ne. 24:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.

4 Ne. 1:34
Nevertheless, the people did harden their hearts, for they were led by many priests and false prophets to build up many churches, and to do all manner of iniquity. And they did smite upon the people of Jesus; but the people of Jesus did not smite again. And thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year, even until two hundred and thirty years had passed away.