Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'devil' occurs 187 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'devil' in the standard works and contain 35.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 29:36-40 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 28:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Jn. 3:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 16:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:39-41 (4 in 3 verses)

John 10:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:113-114 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 4 4
NT 61 52 113
BM 99 15 114
1 Ne. 12 2 14
2 Ne. 21 2 23
Jacob 4 0 4
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 3 11
Alma 30 3 33
Hel. 6 1 7
3 Ne. 8 3 11
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 7 0 7
DC 25 7 32
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 187 80 267

1 Ne. 11:31
And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.

2 Ne. 9:9
And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.

2 Ne. 9:37
Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them.

Mosiah 3:6
And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.

Mosiah 16:3
For they are carnal and devilish, and the devil has power over them; yea, even that old serpent that did beguile our first parents, which was the cause of their fall; which was the cause of all mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good, subjecting themselves to the devil.

Alma 41:13
O, my son, this is not the case; but the meaning of the word restoration is to bring back again evil for evil, or carnal for carnal, or devilish for devilish-- good for that which is good; righteous for that which is righteous; just for that which is just; merciful for that which is merciful.

Alma 42:10
Therefore, as they had become carnal, sensual, and devilish, by nature, this probationary state became a state for them to prepare; it became a preparatory state.

Hel. 12:4
O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world!

3 Ne. 7:19
And in the name of Jesus did he cast out devils and unclean spirits; and even his brother did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned and suffered death by the people.

3 Ne. 7:22
And as many as had devils cast out from them, and were healed of their sicknesses and their infirmities, did truly manifest unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and had been healed; and they did show forth signs also and did do some miracles among the people.

3 Ne. 14:22
Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Morm. 9:24
And these signs shall follow them that believe-- in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover;