Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'overcome' occurs 57 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'overcome' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 49:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:48 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Pet. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.




1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
NT 13 11 24
Luke 1 0 1
John 1 0 1
Rom. 3 0 3
2 Pet. 2 0 2
1 Jn. 3 3 6
Rev. 3 8 11
BM 14 0 14
DC 19 1 20
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 57 12 69

2 Pet. 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

2 Pet. 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.