Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'enemies' occurs 406 times in the standard works.

78 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'enemies' in the standard works and contain 19.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 122:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 26:36-39 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 92:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 21:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 105:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 110:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:96-97 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 250 0 250
NT 19 0 19
BM 83 0 83
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 1 0 1
Omni 3 0 3
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 35 0 35
Hel. 7 0 7
3 Ne. 12 0 12
Morm. 5 0 5
DC 52 0 52
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 406 0 406

Mosiah 2:4
And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.

Mosiah 2:31
And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye have hitherto done. As ye have kept my commandments, and also the commandments of my father, and have prospered, and have been kept from falling into the hands of your enemies, even so if ye shall keep the commandments of my son, or the commandments of God which shall be delivered unto you by him, ye shall prosper in the land, and your enemies shall have no power over you.

Mosiah 7:18
And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together that he spake unto them in this wise, saying: O ye, my people, lift up your heads and be comforted; for behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant, when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies, notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain; yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.

Mosiah 9:17
Yea, in the strength of the Lord did we go forth to battle against the Lamanites; for I and my people did cry mightily to the Lord that he would deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, for we were awakened to a remembrance of the deliverance of our fathers.

Mosiah 10:2
And I set guards round about the land, that the Lamanites might not come upon us again unawares and destroy us; and thus I did guard my people and my flocks, and keep them from falling into the hands of our enemies.

Mosiah 11:21
And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God, behold, I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; yea, and they shall be brought into bondage; and they shall be afflicted by the hand of their enemies.

Mosiah 11:24
Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall cry unto me I will be slow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them that they be smitten by their enemies.

Mosiah 12:15
And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast prospered in the land, and thou shalt also prosper.

Mosiah 17:18
And in that day ye shall be hunted, and ye shall be taken by the hand of your enemies, and then ye shall suffer, as I suffer, the pains of death by fire.

Mosiah 21:13
And they did humble themselves even to the dust, subjecting themselves to the yoke of bondage, submitting themselves to be smitten, and to be driven to and fro, and burdened, according to the desires of their enemies.