Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sins' occurs 432 times in the standard works.

119 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sins' in the standard works and contain 27.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 7:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:9-2:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 11:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 61:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 10:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 138:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 43:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 53:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 86 22 108
Ex. 0 3 3
Lev. 8 0 8
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Kgs. 9 3 12
2 Kgs. 13 1 14
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 2 3 5
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 3 1 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 8 0 8
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 6 1 7
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 8 0 8
Dan. 3 0 3
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
NT 86 1 87
BM 162 0 162
DC 86 0 86
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 432 23 455

Neh. 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Neh. 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Neh. 9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.