Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hell' occurs 136 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hell' in the standard works and contain 19.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)


Ezek. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

 31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.




Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 1 32
Deut. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
Ezra 0 1 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 7 0 7
Isa. 6 0 6
Ezek. 4 0 4
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 23 0 23
BM 59 0 59
DC 21 1 22
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 136 3 139

Ezek. 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Ezek. 31:17
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

Ezek. 32:21
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Ezek. 32:27
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.