Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sin' occurs 559 times in the standard works.

243 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sin' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 99 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 4:20-5:13 (29 in 29 verses)

Rom. 7:7-17 (11 in 11 verses)

Rom. 6:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Jn. 5:16-17 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 4:2-3 (5 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:30-34 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 84:49-53 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 5:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 5:20-6:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 7:25-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 4:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:34-16:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 19:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 32:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:34 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:56 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

James 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 51:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 336 764 1100
NT 112 293 405
Matt. 2 16 18
Mark 0 21 21
Luke 0 53 53
John 16 14 30
Acts 1 29 30
Rom. 45 25 70
1 Cor. 6 12 18
2 Cor. 2 8 10
Gal. 2 6 8
Eph. 1 7 8
Philip. 0 4 4
Col. 0 12 12
1 Thes. 0 6 6
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 1 8 9
2 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 0 2 2
Heb. 12 27 39
James 4 7 11
1 Pet. 2 9 11
2 Pet. 1 3 4
1 Jn. 16 13 29
Jude 0 1 1
Rev. 0 8 8
BM 65 387 452
DC 42 275 317
PGP 4 31 35
TOTAL 559 1750 2309

James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

James 3:10
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

James 5:15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.