Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'punished' occurs 35 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'punished' in the standard works and contain 45.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 30:10-11 (6 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 134:8 (2 in 1 verse)

W of M 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 11 24
NT 4 0 4
BM 14 1 15
W of M 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 9 0 9
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 35 12 47

Alma 1:17
Nevertheless, they durst not lie, if it were known, for fear of the law, for liars were punished; therefore they pretended to preach according to their belief; and now the law could have no power on any man for his belief.

Alma 1:18
And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such were punished; neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered was punished unto death.

Alma 30:10
But if he murdered he was punished unto death; and if he robbed he was also punished; and if he stole he was also punished; and if he committed adultery he was also punished; yea, for all this wickedness they were punished.

Alma 30:11
For there was a law that men should be judged according to their crimes. Nevertheless, there was no law against a man's belief; therefore, a man was punished only for the crimes which he had done; therefore all men were on equal grounds.