Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'curse' occurs 163 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'curse' in the standard works and contain 36.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 16:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 5:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 103:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 89 101 190
NT 12 12 24
BM 38 38 76
1 Ne. 4 1 5
2 Ne. 1 9 10
Jacob 1 4 5
Enos 1 0 1
Alma 12 7 19
Hel. 5 12 17
3 Ne. 5 1 6
Morm. 1 2 3
Ether 6 2 8
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 16 13 29
PGP 8 9 17
TOTAL 163 173 336

Hel. 12:18
And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the earth, and the Lord shall say-- Let it be accursed, because of the iniquity of him who hath hid it up-- behold, it shall be accursed.

Hel. 12:19
And if the Lord shall say-- Be thou accursed, that no man shall find thee from this time henceforth and forever-- behold, no man getteth it henceforth and forever.

Hel. 12:20
And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a man-- Because of thine iniquities, thou shalt be accursed forever-- it shall be done.

Hel. 13:17
And behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith the Lord of Hosts, because of the people's sake who are upon the land, yea, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

Hel. 13:18
And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our great and true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the earth shall find them again no more, because of the great curse of the land, save he be a righteous man and shall hide it up unto the Lord.

Hel. 13:19
For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their treasures unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their treasures unto me; for none hideth up their treasures unto me save it be the righteous; and he that hideth not up his treasures unto me, cursed is he, and also the treasure, and none shall redeem it because of the curse of the land.

Hel. 13:20
And the day shall come that they shall hide up their treasures, because they have set their hearts upon riches; and because they have set their hearts upon their riches, and will hide up their treasures when they shall flee before their enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me, cursed be they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be smitten, saith the Lord.

Hel. 13:21
Behold ye, the people of this great city, and hearken unto my words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord saith; for behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your riches, and also are your riches cursed because ye have set your hearts upon them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who gave them unto you.

Hel. 13:23
For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse should come upon the land, and also upon your riches, and this because of your iniquities.

Hel. 13:30
Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity.

Hel. 13:31
And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days of your poverty ye cannot retain them.

Hel. 13:35
Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.

Hel. 13:36
O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery, and we cannot hold them.