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)

D&C 93:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)


John 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.




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

John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 4:42
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

John 6:14
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

John 6:33
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

John 7:4
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:23
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 8:26
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

John 9:5
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

John 9:32
Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

John 9:39
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

John 10:36
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

John 11:9
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

John 11:27
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

John 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

John 12:47
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 13:1
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

John 14:22
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:30
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

John 14:31
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

John 15:18
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

John 16:8
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

John 16:11
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

John 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

John 17:9
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:13
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:18
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

John 17:21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

John 17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:25
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

John 18:20
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

John 18:37
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

John 21:25
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.