Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abominations' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abominations' in the standard works and contain 29.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:21-29 (10 in 9 verses)

Hel. 13:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 2:18 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 30:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 74 0 74
Lev. 3 0 3
Deut. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 42 0 42
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 2 0 2
BM 75 0 75
DC 10 0 10
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 164 0 164

Ezra 9:1
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:11
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

Ezra 9:14
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?