Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'except' occurs 250 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'except' in the standard works and contain 22% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 42:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 11:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 24:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 7:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 15:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 127:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


John 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.




Jacob 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 35:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 0 27
NT 47 1 48
Matt. 6 0 6
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 3 0 3
John 13 0 13
Acts 6 0 6
Rom. 3 0 3
1 Cor. 6 1 7
2 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 125 0 125
DC 43 3 46
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 250 4 254

John 3:2
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

John 4:48
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

John 6:44
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

John 6:65
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

John 12:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

John 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

John 20:25
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.