Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wickedness' occurs 310 times in the standard works.

72 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wickedness' in the standard works and contain 23.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 27 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 9:7-12 (8 in 6 verses)

Jer. 44:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Morm. 2:18-19 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 13:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 37:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Hosea 7:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 33:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 118 0 118
NT 9 0 9
BM 159 0 159
DC 16 0 16
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 310 0 310

D&C 6:26
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that there are records which contain much of my gospel, which have been kept back because of the wickedness of the people;

D&C 10:9
Therefore, you have delivered them up, yea, that which was sacred, unto wickedness.

D&C 10:21
And their hearts are corrupt, and full of wickedness and abominations; and they love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil; therefore they will not ask of me.

D&C 29:9
For the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe; and all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth;

D&C 29:17
And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not.

D&C 38:30
I tell you these things because of your prayers; wherefore, treasure up wisdom in your bosoms, lest the wickedness of men reveal these things unto you by their wickedness, in a manner which shall speak in your ears with a voice louder than that which shall shake the earth; but if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.

D&C 45:12
Who were separated from the earth, and were received unto myself-- a city reserved until a day of righteousness shall come-- a day which was sought for by all holy men, and they found it not because of wickedness and abominations;

D&C 52:39
Let the residue of the elders watch over the churches, and declare the word in the regions round about them; and let them labor with their own hands that there be no idolatry nor wickedness practiced.

D&C 61:8
Nevertheless, I would not suffer that ye should part until you were chastened for all your sins, that you might be one, that you might not perish in wickedness;

D&C 61:31
And in that place they shall lift up their voices unto God against that people, yea, unto him whose anger is kindled against their wickedness, a people who are well-nigh ripened for destruction.

D&C 68:31
Now, I, the Lord, am not well pleased with the inhabitants of Zion, for there are idlers among them; and their children are also growing up in wickedness; they also seek not earnestly the riches of eternity, but their eyes are full of greediness.

D&C 84:96
For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands upon the nations, to scourge them for their wickedness.

D&C 99:1
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant John Murdock-- thou art called to go into the eastern countries from house to house, from village to village, and from city to city, to proclaim mine everlasting gospel unto the inhabitants thereof, in the midst of persecution and wickedness.

D&C 109:26
That no combination of wickedness shall have power to rise up and prevail over thy people upon whom thy name shall be put in this house;

D&C 133:14
Go ye out from among the nations, even from Babylon, from the midst of wickedness, which is spiritual Babylon.