Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'against' occurs 2361 times in the standard works.

1213 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'against' in the standard works and contain 51.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 468 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 1:15-19 (10 in 5 verses)

Jer. 50:42-51:5 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 10:23-30 (9 in 8 verses)

Jer. 50:21-29 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 38:16-39:1 (9 in 9 verses)

Luke 12:52-53 (8 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:2-7 (8 in 6 verses)

Judg. 20:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Sam. 14:47-52 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 24:1-6 (7 in 6 verses)

D&C 98:39-44 (7 in 6 verses)

Neh. 3:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Eph. 6:11-12 (6 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Jer. 51:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 25:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Hosea 7:13-8:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 10:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 3:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Isa. 29:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Dan. 9:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 58:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Isa. 19:2 (5 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:7-8 (5 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

Josh. 22:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 10:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 12:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 32:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 23:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 16:38-42 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:20-25:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 9:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 25:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 26:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 10:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 9:16-10:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Hel. 8:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 34:7 (4 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:5 (4 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:5 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-40 (4 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 21:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 20:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 14:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 47:7-48:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Lam. 3:60-62 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 35:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 17:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 22:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 10:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 24:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 24:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 28:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 21:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Micah 7:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 2:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 2:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 61:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 4:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 5:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 109:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 40:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 27:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:35 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:14 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:15 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:24 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 15:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 4:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 87:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 31:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 16:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 41:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 78:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 83:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 31:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)


Isa. 37:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

 37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

 37:22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

 37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.




Isa. 54:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 11:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 23:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 50:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 50:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

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