Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hell' occurs 136 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hell' in the standard works and contain 19.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 28:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 1 32
NT 23 0 23
BM 59 0 59
DC 21 1 22
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 136 3 139

D&C 6:34
Therefore, fear not, little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail.

D&C 10:26
And thus he flattereth them, and leadeth them along until he draggeth their souls down to hell; and thus he causeth them to catch themselves in their own snare.

D&C 10:69
And now, behold, whosoever is of my church, and endureth of my church to the end, him will I establish upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.

D&C 17:8
And if you do these last commandments of mine, which I have given you, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; for my grace is sufficient for you, and you shall be lifted up at the last day.

D&C 18:5
Wherefore, if you shall build up my church, upon the foundation of my gospel and my rock, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.

D&C 21:6
For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory.

D&C 29:38
And, behold, there is a place prepared for them from the beginning, which place is hell.

D&C 33:13
And upon this rock I will build my church; yea, upon this rock ye are built, and if ye continue, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.

D&C 63:4
Who buildeth up at his own will and pleasure; and destroyeth when he pleases, and is able to cast the soul down to hell.

D&C 76:84
These are they who are thrust down to hell.

D&C 76:106
These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God, until the fulness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work;

D&C 88:113
And the devil shall gather together his armies; even the hosts of hell, and shall come up to battle against Michael and his armies.

D&C 98:22
And again I say unto you, if ye observe to do whatsoever I command you, I, the Lord, will turn away all wrath and indignation from you, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.

D&C 104:18
Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.

D&C 121:23
Wo unto all those that discomfort my people, and drive, and murder, and testify against them, saith the Lord of Hosts; a generation of vipers shall not escape the damnation of hell.

D&C 122:1
The ends of the earth shall inquire after thy name, and fools shall have thee in derision, and hell shall rage against thee;

D&C 122:7
And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.

D&C 123:8
It is an iron yoke, it is a strong band; they are the very handcuffs, and chains, and shackles, and fetters of hell.

D&C 123:10
Which dark and blackening deeds are enough to make hell itself shudder, and to stand aghast and pale, and the hands of the very devil to tremble and palsy.

D&C 128:10
And again, for the precedent, Matthew 16:18, 19: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

D&C 138:23
And the saints rejoiced in their redemption, and bowed the knee and acknowledged the Son of God as their Redeemer and Deliverer from death and the chains of hell.