Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cursed' occurs 121 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cursed' in the standard works and contain 33.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

Deut. 28:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:14 Thus the word of God is fulfilled, for these are the words which he said to Nephi: Behold, the Lamanites have I cursed, and I will set a mark on them that they and their seed may be separated from thee and thy seed, from this time henceforth and forever, except they repent of their wickedness and turn to me that I may have mercy upon them.

 3:15 And again: I will set a mark upon him that mingleth his seed with thy brethren, that they may be cursed also.




Morm. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 67 17 84
NT 5 5 10
BM 30 6 36
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 4 0 4
Alma 7 0 7
Hel. 7 4 11
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 0 2 2
DC 10 1 11
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 121 29 150

Alma 3:7
And their brethren sought to destroy them, therefore they were cursed; and the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and Lemuel, and also the sons of Ishmael, and Ishmaelitish women.

Alma 3:14
Thus the word of God is fulfilled, for these are the words which he said to Nephi: Behold, the Lamanites have I cursed, and I will set a mark on them that they and their seed may be separated from thee and thy seed, from this time henceforth and forever, except they repent of their wickedness and turn to me that I may have mercy upon them.

Alma 3:15
And again: I will set a mark upon him that mingleth his seed with thy brethren, that they may be cursed also.

Alma 3:19
Now I would that ye should see that they brought upon themselves the curse; and even so doth every man that is cursed bring upon himself his own condemnation.

Alma 32:19
And now, how much more cursed is he that knoweth the will of God and doeth it not, than he that only believeth, or only hath cause to believe, and falleth into transgression?

Alma 37:31
Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they repent before they are fully ripe.

Alma 45:16
And he said: Thus saith the Lord God-- Cursed shall be the land, yea, this land, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land, for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.