Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'without' occurs 556 times in the standard works.

154 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'without' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 56 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 33:10-12 (7 in 3 verses)

 33:10 Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

 33:12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.




Hosea 3:4 (6 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 9:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 43:21-25 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 46:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 6:14 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Jude 1:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Heb. 13:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Pet. 1:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 5:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 9:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 33:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 35:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 3:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 281 0 281
Gen. 9 0 9
Ex. 11 0 11
Lev. 32 0 32
Num. 34 0 34
Deut. 5 0 5
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 10 0 10
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 31 0 31
Ps. 12 0 12
Prov. 17 0 17
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 28 0 28
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 28 0 28
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 8 0 8
Joel 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 145 0 145
BM 64 0 64
DC 57 0 57
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 556 0 556

Jer. 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Jer. 2:32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jer. 4:7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

Jer. 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Jer. 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Jer. 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Jer. 9:21
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

Jer. 15:13
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Jer. 21:4
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Jer. 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Jer. 26:9
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

Jer. 32:43
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Jer. 33:10
Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

Jer. 33:12
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

Jer. 34:22
Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jer. 44:19
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

Jer. 44:22
So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

Jer. 46:19
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

Jer. 48:9
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Jer. 49:31
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

Jer. 51:29
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jer. 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Jer. 52:20
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.