Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'world' occurs 706 times in the standard works.

269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'world' in the standard works and contain 38.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 102 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:13-30 (18 in 18 verses)

John 17:9-25 (17 in 17 verses)

John 15:18-19 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)


1 Jn. 4:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.




D&C 93:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

John 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 76:41 (4 in 1 verse)

John 1:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 2:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 7:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 9:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 6:59 (3 in 1 verse)

John 12:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

John 18:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 75:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Col. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 59:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:27 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:85 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:52 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 0 46
NT 242 4 246
Matt. 18 0 18
Mark 5 0 5
Luke 10 0 10
John 80 0 80
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 12 0 12
1 Cor. 29 0 29
2 Cor. 4 0 4
Gal. 4 0 4
Eph. 7 0 7
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 4 0 4
1 Tim. 4 0 4
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 2 1 3
Heb. 9 3 12
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 5 0 5
1 Jn. 23 0 23
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 169 0 169
DC 221 6 227
PGP 28 3 31
TOTAL 706 13 719

1 Jn. 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 Jn. 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 Jn. 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 Jn. 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

1 Jn. 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1 Jn. 3:13
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

1 Jn. 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

1 Jn. 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 Jn. 4:3
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

1 Jn. 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

1 Jn. 4:5
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

1 Jn. 4:9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

1 Jn. 4:14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

1 Jn. 4:17
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

1 Jn. 5:4
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

1 Jn. 5:5
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 Jn. 5:19
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.