Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'iniquity' occurs 428 times in the standard works.

102 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'iniquity' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 4:4-6 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 26:39-43 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 6:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 32:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:12-37:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 262 0 262
NT 16 0 16
BM 134 0 134
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 13 0 13
Jacob 3 0 3
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 20 0 20
Alma 31 0 31
Hel. 21 0 21
3 Ne. 16 0 16
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 11 0 11
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 14 0 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 428 0 428

Mosiah 7:24
Yea, I say unto you, great are the reasons which we have to mourn; for behold how many of our brethren have been slain, and their blood has been spilt in vain, and all because of iniquity.

Mosiah 11:6
Yea, and thus they were supported in their laziness, and in their idolatry, and in their whoredoms, by the taxes which king Noah had put upon his people; thus did the people labor exceedingly to support iniquity.

Mosiah 13:11
And now I read unto you the remainder of the commandments of God, for I perceive that they are not written in your hearts; I perceive that ye have studied and taught iniquity the most part of your lives.

Mosiah 13:29
And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God;

Mosiah 15:9
Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.

Mosiah 17:2
But there was one among them whose name was Alma, he also being a descendant of Nephi. And he was a young man, and he believed the words which Abinadi had spoken, for he knew concerning the iniquity which Abinadi had testified against them; therefore he began to plead with the king that he would not be angry with Abinadi, but suffer that he might depart in peace.

Mosiah 23:9
But remember the iniquity of king Noah and his priests; and I myself was caught in a snare, and did many things which were abominable in the sight of the Lord, which caused me sore repentance;

Mosiah 23:12
And now I say unto you, ye have been oppressed by king Noah, and have been in bondage to him and his priests, and have been brought into iniquity by them; therefore ye were bound with the bands of iniquity.

Mosiah 23:13
And now as ye have been delivered by the power of God out of these bonds; yea, even out of the hands of king Noah and his people, and also from the bonds of iniquity, even so I desire that ye should stand fast in this liberty wherewith ye have been made free, and that ye trust no man to be a king over you.

Mosiah 26:9
And it came to pass that Alma did not know concerning them; but there were many witnesses against them; yea, the people stood and testified of their iniquity in abundance.

Mosiah 26:34
And it came to pass that Alma went and judged those that had been taken in iniquity, according to the word of the Lord.

Mosiah 26:36
And those that would not confess their sins and repent of their iniquity, the same were not numbered among the people of the church, and their names were blotted out.

Mosiah 27:29
My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more.

Mosiah 28:2
That perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers; and that perhaps they might cure them of their hatred towards the Nephites, that they might also be brought to rejoice in the Lord their God, that they might become friendly to one another, and that there should be no more contentions in all the land which the Lord their God had given them.

Mosiah 29:14
And even I myself have labored with all the power and faculties which I have possessed, to teach you the commandments of God, and to establish peace throughout the land, that there should be no wars nor contentions, no stealing, nor plundering, nor murdering, nor any manner of iniquity;

Mosiah 29:15
And whosoever has committed iniquity, him have I punished according to the crime which he has committed, according to the law which has been given to us by our fathers.

Mosiah 29:17
For behold, how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause to be committed, yea, and what great destruction!

Mosiah 29:22
For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he keepeth his guards about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who have reigned in righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God;

Mosiah 29:27
And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land.