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)

 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.




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
Matt. 12 13 25
Mark 6 12 18
Luke 13 17 30
John 10 0 10
Acts 2 0 2
1 Cor. 0 4 4
Eph. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 2 1 3
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
James 1 2 3
1 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 4 0 4
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 5 3 8
BM 99 15 114
DC 25 7 32
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 187 80 267

1 Jn. 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 Jn. 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.