Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'enemy' occurs 162 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'enemy' in the standard works and contain 20.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 98:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 101:51-54 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Lam. 2:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

 7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.




2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 99 0 99
Ex. 4 0 4
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 4 0 4
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 2 0 2
Esth. 6 0 6
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 26 0 26
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 11 0 11
Ezek. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 11 0 11
BM 20 0 20
DC 30 0 30
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 162 0 162

Ps. 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Ps. 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Ps. 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Ps. 9:6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

Ps. 13:2
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Ps. 13:4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Ps. 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Ps. 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Ps. 41:11
By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

Ps. 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Ps. 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Ps. 44:10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Ps. 44:16
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

Ps. 55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Ps. 55:12
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

Ps. 61:3
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Ps. 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Ps. 74:3
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Ps. 74:10
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Ps. 74:18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Ps. 78:42
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

Ps. 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Ps. 89:22
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Ps. 106:10
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Ps. 107:2
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

Ps. 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.