Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'except' occurs 250 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'except' in the standard works and contain 22% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 42:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 11:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 24:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 7:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 15:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 127:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 35:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 27 0 27
NT 47 1 48
Matt. 6 0 6
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 3 0 3
John 13 0 13
Acts 6 0 6
Rom. 3 0 3
1 Cor. 6 1 7
2 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 125 0 125
DC 43 3 46
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 250 4 254

Acts 8:1
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:31
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Acts 15:1
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 24:21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

Acts 26:29
And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.