Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wickedness' occurs 310 times in the standard works.

72 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wickedness' in the standard works and contain 23.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 27 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 9:7-12 (8 in 6 verses)

Jer. 44:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Morm. 2:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 13:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 37:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Hosea 7:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 118 0 118
NT 9 0 9
BM 159 0 159
DC 16 0 16
PGP 8 0 8
Moses 8 0 8
TOTAL 310 0 310

Moses 1:23
And now of this thing Moses bore record; but because of wickedness it is not had among the children of men.

Moses 5:31
And Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was called Master Mahan, and he gloried in his wickedness.

Moses 7:36
Wherefore, I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and mine eye can pierce them also, and among all the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren.

Moses 7:41
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch, and told Enoch all the doings of the children of men; wherefore Enoch knew, and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery, and wept and stretched forth his arms, and his heart swelled wide as eternity; and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.

Moses 7:46
And the Lord said: It shall be in the meridian of time, in the days of wickedness and vengeance.

Moses 7:48
And it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the earth; and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof, saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother of men; I am pained, I am weary, because of the wickedness of my children. When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me? When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest, and righteousness for a season abide upon my face?

Moses 7:60
And the Lord said unto Enoch: As I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfil the oath which I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah;

Moses 8:22
And God saw that the wickedness of men had become great in the earth; and every man was lifted up in the imagination of the thoughts of his heart, being only evil continually.