Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fornication' occurs 43 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fornication' in the standard works and contain 25.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rev. 17:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:




1 Cor. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 1 5
NT 32 2 34
Matt. 2 1 3
Mark 0 1 1
John 1 0 1
Acts 3 0 3
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 7 0 7
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 12 0 12
BM 3 0 3
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 43 3 46

Rev. 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Rev. 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

Rev. 2:21
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

Rev. 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Rev. 14:8
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Rev. 17:2
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Rev. 17:4
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

Rev. 18:3
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Rev. 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

Rev. 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.