Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'evil' occurs 794 times in the standard works.

239 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'evil' in the standard works and contain 30.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 93 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:8-17 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 18:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Pet. 3:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 12:21-13:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 29:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 24:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:45 (3 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 17:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 11:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:10-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 31:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 140:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:76 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)


Job 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.




Ps. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:10-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 483 26 509
Gen. 18 0 18
Ex. 8 1 9
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 6 0 6
Deut. 24 6 30
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 14 0 14
1 Sam. 24 0 24
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 22 0 22
2 Kgs. 28 0 28
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 17 1 18
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 6 0 6
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 13 0 13
Ps. 40 6 46
Prov. 50 0 50
Eccl. 22 0 22
Isa. 21 5 26
Jer. 100 3 103
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 11 2 13
Dan. 3 0 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Jonah 6 0 6
Micah 7 0 7
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 1 3
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 132 127 259
BM 134 143 277
DC 29 39 68
PGP 16 7 23
TOTAL 794 342 1136

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 1:8
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Job 2:3
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Job 5:19
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Job 8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Job 35:12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 42:11
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.