Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'world' occurs 706 times in the standard works.

269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'world' in the standard works and contain 38.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 102 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:13-30 (18 in 18 verses)

John 17:9-25 (17 in 17 verses)

John 15:18-19 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 4:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 93:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

John 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 76:41 (4 in 1 verse)

John 1:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 2:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 7:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 9:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 6:59 (3 in 1 verse)

John 12:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

John 18:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 75:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Col. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 59:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:27 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:85 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:52 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 0 46
NT 242 4 246
Matt. 18 0 18
Mark 5 0 5
Luke 10 0 10
John 80 0 80
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 12 0 12
1 Cor. 29 0 29
2 Cor. 4 0 4
Gal. 4 0 4
Eph. 7 0 7
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 4 0 4
1 Tim. 4 0 4
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 2 1 3
Heb. 9 3 12
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 5 0 5
1 Jn. 23 0 23
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 169 0 169
DC 221 6 227
PGP 28 3 31
TOTAL 706 13 719

2 Pet. 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2 Pet. 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

2 Pet. 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

2 Pet. 3:6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: