Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'iniquity' occurs 428 times in the standard works.

102 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'iniquity' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 4:4-6 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)


Lev. 26:39-43 (5 in 5 verses)

 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

 26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.




3 Ne. 6:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 21:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 32:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 36:12-37:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 262 0 262
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 6 0 6
Lev. 15 0 15
Num. 12 0 12
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 27 0 27
Ps. 50 0 50
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 22 0 22
Jer. 22 0 22
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 47 0 47
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 14 0 14
Micah 3 0 3
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 16 0 16
BM 134 0 134
DC 14 0 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 428 0 428

Lev. 5:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 5:17
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 7:18
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 10:17
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

Lev. 17:16
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 18:25
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Lev. 19:8
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Lev. 20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 20:19
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

Lev. 22:16
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

Lev. 26:39
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Lev. 26:40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

Lev. 26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

Lev. 26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.