Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fear' occurs 553 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fear' in the standard works and contain 20.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 17:34-39 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 12:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 4:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:66-67 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 8:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 34:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 10:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 20:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 53:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 35:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 24:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 316 87 403
NT 84 37 121
BM 113 36 149
1 Ne. 9 3 12
2 Ne. 18 3 21
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 6 7 13
Alma 39 17 56
Hel. 14 3 17
3 Ne. 10 2 12
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 4 1 5
Moro. 6 0 6
DC 32 10 42
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 553 171 724

2 Ne. 1:17
My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time to time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

2 Ne. 1:25
And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of you, lest he shall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him that he sought power and authority over you; but I know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought the glory of God, and your own eternal welfare.

2 Ne. 7:10
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?

2 Ne. 8:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

2 Ne. 8:13
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

2 Ne. 9:40
O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.

2 Ne. 9:46
Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty-- but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.

2 Ne. 12:10
O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smite thee.

2 Ne. 12:19
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

2 Ne. 12:21
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

2 Ne. 17:4
And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

2 Ne. 17:25
And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle.

2 Ne. 18:12
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

2 Ne. 18:13
Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

2 Ne. 21:2
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

2 Ne. 21:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

2 Ne. 24:3
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

2 Ne. 27:25
Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men--

2 Ne. 27:34
But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

2 Ne. 28:8
And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God-- he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.