Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nothing' occurs 303 times in the standard works.

42 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nothing' in the standard works and contain 13.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 15:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 40:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 0 110
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 7 0 7
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 5 0 5
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 7 0 7
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 9 0 9
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 3 0 3
Hag. 1 0 1
NT 115 0 115
BM 63 3 66
DC 13 0 13
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 303 3 306

Isa. 34:12
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

Isa. 39:2
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

Isa. 39:4
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Isa. 39:6
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

Isa. 40:17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Isa. 40:23
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Isa. 41:11
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

Isa. 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Isa. 41:24
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Isa. 41:29
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Isa. 44:10
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?