Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'never' occurs 214 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'never' in the standard works and contain 16.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 27:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 23:29 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 64 112
NT 38 33 71
BM 90 177 267
1 Ne. 5 19 24
2 Ne. 5 24 29
Jacob 0 5 5
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 0 1 1
Omni 0 2 2
Mosiah 10 19 29
Alma 43 59 102
Hel. 3 13 16
3 Ne. 10 14 24
4 Ne. 0 2 2
Morm. 2 5 7
Ether 9 14 23
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 21 68 89
PGP 17 6 23
TOTAL 214 348 562

Morm. 2:14
And they did not come unto Jesus with broken hearts and contrite spirits, but they did curse God, and wish to die. Nevertheless they would struggle with the sword for their lives.

Morm. 2:19
And wo is me because of their wickedness; for my heart has been filled with sorrow because of their wickedness, all my days; nevertheless, I know that I shall be lifted up at the last day.

Morm. 2:26
And it came to pass that when they had fled we did pursue them with our armies, and did meet them again, and did beat them; nevertheless the strength of the Lord was not with us; yea, we were left to ourselves, that the Spirit of the Lord did not abide in us; therefore we had become weak like unto our brethren.

Morm. 3:12
Behold, I had led them, notwithstanding their wickedness I had led them many times to battle, and had loved them, according to the love of God which was in me, with all my heart; and my soul had been poured out in prayer unto my God all the day long for them; nevertheless, it was without faith, because of the hardness of their hearts.

Morm. 8:17
And if there be faults they be the faults of a man. But behold, we know no fault; nevertheless God knoweth all things; therefore, he that condemneth, let him be aware lest he shall be in danger of hell fire.