Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sin' occurs 559 times in the standard works.

243 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sin' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 99 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 4:20-5:13 (29 in 29 verses)

Rom. 7:7-17 (11 in 11 verses)

Rom. 6:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Jn. 5:16-17 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 4:2-3 (5 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:30-34 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 84:49-53 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 5:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 5:20-6:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 7:25-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 4:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:34-16:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 19:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 32:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:34 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:56 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

James 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 51:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 336 764 1100
NT 112 293 405
BM 65 387 452
DC 42 275 317
PGP 4 31 35
TOTAL 559 1750 2309

D&C 1:31
For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;

D&C 6:35
Behold, I do not condemn you; go your ways and sin no more; perform with soberness the work which I have commanded you.

D&C 10:25
Yea, he saith unto them: Deceive and lie in wait to catch, that ye may destroy; behold, this is no harm. And thus he flattereth them, and telleth them that it is no sin to lie that they may catch a man in a lie, that they may destroy him.

D&C 18:31
And now I speak unto you, the Twelve-- Behold, my grace is sufficient for you; you must walk uprightly before me and sin not.

D&C 24:2
Nevertheless, thou art not excusable in thy transgressions; nevertheless, go thy way and sin no more.

D&C 29:3
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that at this time your sins are forgiven you, therefore ye receive these things; but remember to sin no more, lest perils shall come upon you.

D&C 29:47
Wherefore, they cannot sin, for power is not given unto Satan to tempt little children, until they begin to become accountable before me;

D&C 45:4
Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;

D&C 45:58
And the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance; and they shall multiply and wax strong, and their children shall grow up without sin unto salvation.

D&C 49:8
Wherefore, I will that all men shall repent, for all are under sin, except those which I have reserved unto myself, holy men that ye know not of.

D&C 49:20
But it is not given that one man should possess that which is above another, wherefore the world lieth in sin.

D&C 50:28
But no man is possessor of all things except he be purified and cleansed from all sin.

D&C 50:29
And if ye are purified and cleansed from all sin, ye shall ask whatsoever you will in the name of Jesus and it shall be done.

D&C 59:15
And inasmuch as ye do these things with thanksgiving, with cheerful hearts and countenances, not with much laughter, for this is sin, but with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance--

D&C 64:9
Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin.

D&C 68:25
And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.

D&C 82:2
Nevertheless, there are those among you who have sinned exceedingly; yea, even all of you have sinned; but verily I say unto you, beware from henceforth, and refrain from sin, lest sore judgments fall upon your heads.

D&C 82:7
And now, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, will not lay any sin to your charge; go your ways and sin no more; but unto that soul who sinneth shall the former sins return, saith the Lord your God.

D&C 82:20
This order I have appointed to be an everlasting order unto you, and unto your successors, inasmuch as you sin not.

D&C 84:49
And the whole world lieth in sin, and groaneth under darkness and under the bondage of sin.

D&C 84:50
And by this you may know they are under the bondage of sin, because they come not unto me.

D&C 84:51
For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin.

D&C 84:53
And by this you may know the righteous from the wicked, and that the whole world groaneth under sin and darkness even now.

D&C 88:35
That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgment. Therefore, they must remain filthy still.

D&C 88:86
Abide ye in the liberty wherewith ye are made free; entangle not yourselves in sin, but let your hands be clean, until the Lord comes.

D&C 95:3
For ye have sinned against me a very grievous sin, in that ye have not considered the great commandment in all things, that I have given unto you concerning the building of mine house;

D&C 95:6
They who are not chosen have sinned a very grievous sin, in that they are walking in darkness at noon-day.

D&C 95:10
Nevertheless, my servants sinned a very grievous sin; and contentions arose in the school of the prophets; which was very grievous unto me, saith your Lord; therefore I sent them forth to be chastened.

D&C 97:27
Nevertheless, let it be read this once to her ears, that I, the Lord, have accepted of her offering; and if she sin no more none of these things shall come upon her;

D&C 101:98
For this is a very sore and grievous sin against me, and against my people, in consequence of those things which I have decreed and which are soon to befall the nations.

D&C 109:34
O Jehovah, have mercy upon this people, and as all men sin, forgive the transgressions of thy people, and let them be blotted out forever.

D&C 111:11
Therefore, be ye as wise as serpents and yet without sin; and I will order all things for your good, as fast as ye are able to receive them. Amen.

D&C 121:17
But those who cry transgression do it because they are the servants of sin, and are the children of disobedience themselves.

D&C 132:26
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my word, and they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and if they commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.

D&C 132:38
David also received many wives and concubines, and also Solomon and Moses my servants, as also many others of my servants, from the beginning of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they received not of me.

D&C 132:39
David's wives and concubines were given unto him of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power; and in none of these things did he sin against me save in the case of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore he hath fallen from his exaltation, and received his portion; and he shall not inherit them out of the world, for I gave them unto another, saith the Lord.

D&C 132:59
Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the keys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him.

D&C 138:33
These were taught faith in God, repentance from sin, vicarious baptism for the remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands,

D&C 138:57
I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption, through the sacrifice of the Only Begotten Son of God, among those who are in darkness and under the bondage of sin in the great world of the spirits of the dead.