Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'not' occurs 9863 times in the standard works.

6753 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'not' in the standard works and contain 68.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3013 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 18:3-30 (28 in 28 verses)

Alma 5:52-7:8 (27 in 27 verses)

Rom. 12:19-14:6 (24 in 23 verses)

Lev. 19:7-29 (23 in 23 verses)

Lev. 19:9-31 (23 in 23 verses)

1 Cor. 5:6-6:13 (21 in 21 verses)

Alma 38:6-39:11 (21 in 21 verses)

D&C 132:7-27 (21 in 21 verses)


Lev. 18:3-22 (20 in 20 verses)

 18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

 18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.

 18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.

 18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

 18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

 18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

 18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

 18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

 18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

 18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

 18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

 18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

 18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

 18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

 18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

 18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

 18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.




Lev. 18:7-26 (20 in 20 verses)

Alma 32:21-40 (20 in 20 verses)

D&C 64:12-28 (18 in 17 verses)

2 Ne. 26:15-32 (18 in 18 verses)

Mosiah 4:13-30 (18 in 18 verses)

Mosiah 13:21-14:3 (18 in 18 verses)

Alma 56:33-50 (18 in 18 verses)

Jer. 14:9-15:1 (17 in 15 verses)

3 Ne. 28:34-29:9 (17 in 16 verses)

1 Cor. 6:19-7:15 (17 in 17 verses)

Alma 9:3-19 (17 in 17 verses)

Isa. 40:20-41:3 (16 in 15 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-16:4 (16 in 15 verses)

D&C 42:14-28 (16 in 15 verses)

Isa. 47:11-48:11 (16 in 16 verses)

Matt. 10:23-38 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Cor. 8:7-9:9 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Cor. 9:1-16 (16 in 16 verses)

Alma 5:28-39 (15 in 12 verses)

Deut. 22:28-23:10 (15 in 13 verses)

Jer. 5:9-22 (15 in 14 verses)

Alma 34:26-40 (15 in 15 verses)

Morm. 9:15-29 (15 in 15 verses)

D&C 84:71-82 (14 in 12 verses)

JS-H 1:20-32 (14 in 13 verses)

Alma 30:21-34 (14 in 14 verses)

2 Ne. 1:19-29 (13 in 11 verses)

Deut. 21:23-22:11 (13 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 10:12-11:4 (13 in 12 verses)

Jer. 38:15-27 (13 in 13 verses)

Luke 6:37-49 (13 in 13 verses)

2 Cor. 10:12-11:6 (13 in 13 verses)

Alma 60:35-61:11 (13 in 13 verses)

1 Ne. 20:1-11 (12 in 11 verses)

Alma 44:1-11 (12 in 11 verses)

Prov. 24:12-23 (12 in 12 verses)

Eccl. 10:15-11:6 (12 in 12 verses)

Isa. 42:16-43:2 (12 in 12 verses)

Mark 9:37-48 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Cor. 12:13-13:3 (12 in 12 verses)

2 Ne. 29:5-30:2 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 21:29-22:11 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 10:52-63 (12 in 12 verses)

D&C 56:11-17 (11 in 7 verses)

Alma 33:15-22 (11 in 8 verses)

D&C 10:28-36 (11 in 9 verses)

1 Ne. 15:9-18 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 13:19-28 (11 in 10 verses)

Jer. 27:8-18 (11 in 11 verses)

John 8:40-50 (11 in 11 verses)

Mosiah 20:11-21 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 17:33-18:4 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-38 (11 in 11 verses)

D&C 98:18-28 (11 in 11 verses)

1 Cor. 13:1-6 (10 in 6 verses)

D&C 46:4-11 (10 in 8 verses)

D&C 58:26-33 (10 in 8 verses)

D&C 66:3-10 (10 in 8 verses)

1 Cor. 14:16-24 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Cor. 15:9-17 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Tim. 3:3-11 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Jn. 5:10-18 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 132:36-44 (10 in 9 verses)

Lev. 11:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

John 15:15-24 (10 in 10 verses)

1 Cor. 7:27-36 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Thes. 3:6-15 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 58:34-39 (9 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 29:3-9 (9 in 7 verses)

Jer. 35:13-19 (9 in 7 verses)

Ether 12:2-8 (9 in 7 verses)

Gen. 31:32-39 (9 in 8 verses)

Ex. 20:13-20 (9 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 7:11-18 (9 in 8 verses)

Moro. 7:39-46 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 18:24-32 (9 in 9 verses)

Deut. 18:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

Judg. 14:14-15:2 (9 in 9 verses)

Eccl. 4:16-5:8 (9 in 9 verses)

Jer. 10:20-11:3 (9 in 9 verses)

Matt. 13:11-19 (9 in 9 verses)

John 3:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Cor. 4:1-9 (9 in 9 verses)

James 3:14-4:4 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Jn. 3:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 27:15-23 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 54:19-55:3 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 60:13-21 (9 in 9 verses)

Hel. 5:23-31 (9 in 9 verses)

Ether 4:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

Ether 4:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 42:40-48 (9 in 9 verses)

D&C 104:86-105:8 (9 in 9 verses)

Amos 4:6-11 (8 in 6 verses)

Zeph. 3:2-7 (8 in 6 verses)

Mark 10:14-19 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 12:32-37 (8 in 6 verses)

Moses 5:11-16 (8 in 6 verses)

Deut. 25:3-9 (8 in 7 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-32 (8 in 7 verses)

Ps. 115:1-7 (8 in 7 verses)

Heb. 3:15-4:2 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 6:1-7:1 (8 in 7 verses)

Jacob 4:8-14 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 21:5-11 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 24:9-15 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 42:36-43:5 (8 in 8 verses)

Deut. 19:21-20:7 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:24-31 (8 in 8 verses)

Prov. 4:12-19 (8 in 8 verses)

Prov. 23:3-10 (8 in 8 verses)

Isa. 10:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

Isa. 65:1-8 (8 in 8 verses)

Dan. 3:11-18 (8 in 8 verses)

Luke 12:26-33 (8 in 8 verses)

John 5:38-45 (8 in 8 verses)

John 12:42-49 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Jn. 1:5-12 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Ne. 4:32-5:4 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Ne. 20:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Ne. 32:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 5:10-6:2 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 1:26-33 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 36:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

Hel. 15:16-16:6 (8 in 8 verses)

Morm. 5:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 19:15-22 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 60:8-15 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 124:45-52 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 124:64-71 (8 in 8 verses)

Moses 8:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

JS-H 1:39-46 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Cor. 12:14-16 (7 in 3 verses)

Isa. 54:1-4 (7 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 26:1-5 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 50:31-35 (7 in 5 verses)

Deut. 14:7-12 (7 in 6 verses)

Deut. 20:18-21:3 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 20:26-31 (7 in 6 verses)

Neh. 9:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

Isa. 33:19-24 (7 in 6 verses)

John 14:22-27 (7 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:15-20 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-18:2 (7 in 6 verses)

Omni 1:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-8 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 1:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 3:7-12 (7 in 6 verses)

Deut. 28:27-33 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 20:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Ps. 35:19-25 (7 in 7 verses)

Ps. 40:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

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