Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'not' occurs 9863 times in the standard works.

6753 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'not' in the standard works and contain 68.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3013 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 18:3-30 (28 in 28 verses)

Alma 5:52-7:8 (27 in 27 verses)

Rom. 12:19-14:6 (24 in 23 verses)

Lev. 19:7-29 (23 in 23 verses)

Lev. 19:9-31 (23 in 23 verses)

1 Cor. 5:6-6:13 (21 in 21 verses)

Alma 38:6-39:11 (21 in 21 verses)

D&C 132:7-27 (21 in 21 verses)

Lev. 18:3-22 (20 in 20 verses)

Lev. 18:7-26 (20 in 20 verses)

Alma 32:21-40 (20 in 20 verses)

D&C 64:12-28 (18 in 17 verses)

2 Ne. 26:15-32 (18 in 18 verses)

Mosiah 4:13-30 (18 in 18 verses)

Mosiah 13:21-14:3 (18 in 18 verses)

Alma 56:33-50 (18 in 18 verses)

Jer. 14:9-15:1 (17 in 15 verses)

3 Ne. 28:34-29:9 (17 in 16 verses)

1 Cor. 6:19-7:15 (17 in 17 verses)

Alma 9:3-19 (17 in 17 verses)

Isa. 40:20-41:3 (16 in 15 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-16:4 (16 in 15 verses)

D&C 42:14-28 (16 in 15 verses)

Isa. 47:11-48:11 (16 in 16 verses)

Matt. 10:23-38 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Cor. 8:7-9:9 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Cor. 9:1-16 (16 in 16 verses)

Alma 5:28-39 (15 in 12 verses)

Deut. 22:28-23:10 (15 in 13 verses)

Jer. 5:9-22 (15 in 14 verses)

Alma 34:26-40 (15 in 15 verses)

Morm. 9:15-29 (15 in 15 verses)

D&C 84:71-82 (14 in 12 verses)

JS-H 1:20-32 (14 in 13 verses)

Alma 30:21-34 (14 in 14 verses)

2 Ne. 1:19-29 (13 in 11 verses)

Deut. 21:23-22:11 (13 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 10:12-11:4 (13 in 12 verses)

Jer. 38:15-27 (13 in 13 verses)

Luke 6:37-49 (13 in 13 verses)

2 Cor. 10:12-11:6 (13 in 13 verses)

Alma 60:35-61:11 (13 in 13 verses)

1 Ne. 20:1-11 (12 in 11 verses)

Alma 44:1-11 (12 in 11 verses)

Prov. 24:12-23 (12 in 12 verses)

Eccl. 10:15-11:6 (12 in 12 verses)

Isa. 42:16-43:2 (12 in 12 verses)

Mark 9:37-48 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Cor. 12:13-13:3 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Ne. 29:5-30:2 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 21:29-22:11 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 10:52-63 (12 in 12 verses)


D&C 56:11-17 (11 in 7 verses)

 56:11 And though the heaven and the earth pass away, these words shall not pass away, but shall be fulfilled.

 56:12 And if my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., must needs pay the money, behold, I, the Lord, will pay it unto him again in the land of Missouri, that those of whom he shall receive may be rewarded again according to that which they do;

 56:13 For according to that which they do they shall receive, even in lands for their inheritance.

 56:14 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my people-- you have many things to do and to repent of; for behold, your sins have come up unto me, and are not pardoned, because you seek to counsel in your own ways.

 56:15 And your hearts are not satisfied. And ye obey not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.

 56:16 Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for your riches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!

 56:17 Wo unto you poor men, whose hearts are not broken, whose spirits are not contrite, and whose bellies are not satisfied, and whose hands are not stayed from laying hold upon other men's goods, whose eyes are full of greediness, and who will not labor with your own hands!




Alma 33:15-22 (11 in 8 verses)

D&C 10:28-36 (11 in 9 verses)

1 Ne. 15:9-18 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 13:19-28 (11 in 10 verses)

Jer. 27:8-18 (11 in 11 verses)

John 8:40-50 (11 in 11 verses)

Mosiah 20:11-21 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 17:33-18:4 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-38 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 98:18-28 (11 in 11 verses)

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