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)

 51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

 51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.

 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

 51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

 51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.




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)

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