Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sin' occurs 559 times in the standard works.

243 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sin' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 99 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 4:20-5:13 (29 in 29 verses)

Rom. 7:7-17 (11 in 11 verses)

Rom. 6:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Jn. 5:16-17 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Lev. 4:2-3 (5 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:30-34 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 84:49-53 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 5:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 5:20-6:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 7:25-8:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 4:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 6:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:34-16:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

John 15:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 19:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 32:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:34 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:56 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

James 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 82:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 51:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 336 764 1100
Gen. 7 28 35
Ex. 16 35 51
Lev. 89 42 131
Num. 49 34 83
Deut. 13 28 41
Josh. 0 18 18
Judg. 0 15 15
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 12 26 38
2 Sam. 1 15 16
1 Kgs. 22 26 48
2 Kgs. 20 20 40
1 Chr. 0 23 23
2 Chr. 11 36 47
Ezra 2 14 16
Neh. 5 34 39
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 10 20 30
Ps. 17 116 133
Prov. 7 28 35
Eccl. 1 10 11
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 9 62 71
Jer. 9 52 61
Lam. 1 7 8
Ezek. 21 27 48
Dan. 2 12 14
Hosea 7 7 14
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 3 4
Micah 3 5 8
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 5 5
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 2 3
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 112 293 405
BM 65 387 452
DC 42 275 317
PGP 4 31 35
TOTAL 559 1750 2309

1 Sam. 2:17
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

1 Sam. 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

1 Sam. 7:6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

1 Sam. 8:8
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

1 Sam. 9:24
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

1 Sam. 12:10
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

1 Sam. 12:19
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

1 Sam. 12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

1 Sam. 14:33
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

1 Sam. 14:34
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

1 Sam. 14:38
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

1 Sam. 15:18
And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

1 Sam. 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Sam. 15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

1 Sam. 15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

1 Sam. 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

1 Sam. 19:4
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

1 Sam. 19:5
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

1 Sam. 20:1
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

1 Sam. 20:19
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

1 Sam. 21:2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

1 Sam. 21:5
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

1 Sam. 21:8
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

1 Sam. 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

1 Sam. 25:7
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

1 Sam. 25:18
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

1 Sam. 25:27
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

1 Sam. 26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

1 Sam. 29:3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

1 Sam. 29:6
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

1 Sam. 30:12
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.