Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'evil' occurs 794 times in the standard works.

239 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'evil' in the standard works and contain 30.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 93 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:8-17 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 40:26-41:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 18:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Pet. 3:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 12:21-13:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 29:5 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 24:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:45 (3 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 17:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 11:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Amos 5:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:10-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 31:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 140:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Jn. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:76 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 11:10-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:29-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 483 26 509
Gen. 18 0 18
Ex. 8 1 9
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 6 0 6
Deut. 24 6 30
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 14 0 14
1 Sam. 24 0 24
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 22 0 22
2 Kgs. 28 0 28
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 17 1 18
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 6 0 6
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 13 0 13
Ps. 40 6 46
Prov. 50 0 50
Eccl. 22 0 22
Isa. 21 5 26
Jer. 100 3 103
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 11 2 13
Dan. 3 0 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 7 0 7
Jonah 6 0 6
Micah 7 0 7
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 1 3
Zech. 4 0 4
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 132 127 259
BM 134 143 277
DC 29 39 68
PGP 16 7 23
TOTAL 794 342 1136

Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 2:3
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.