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)

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)

 1:13 Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets.

 1:14 Behold, I come unto my own, to fulfil all things which I have made known unto the children of men from the foundation of the world, and to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son-- of the Father because of me, and of the Son because of my flesh. And behold, the time is at hand, and this night shall the sign be given.




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
BM 169 0 169
1 Ne. 22 0 22
2 Ne. 23 0 23
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 15 0 15
Alma 41 0 41
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 26 0 26
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 17 0 17
Moro. 3 0 3
DC 221 6 227
PGP 28 3 31
TOTAL 706 13 719

3 Ne. 1:13
Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets.

3 Ne. 1:14
Behold, I come unto my own, to fulfil all things which I have made known unto the children of men from the foundation of the world, and to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son-- of the Father because of me, and of the Son because of my flesh. And behold, the time is at hand, and this night shall the sign be given.

3 Ne. 2:7
And nine years had passed away from the time when the sign was given, which was spoken of by the prophets, that Christ should come into the world.

3 Ne. 6:15
Now the cause of this iniquity of the people was this-- Satan had great power, unto the stirring up of the people to do all manner of iniquity, and to the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power, and authority, and riches, and the vain things of the world.

3 Ne. 9:18
I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.

3 Ne. 9:21
Behold, I have come unto the world to bring redemption unto the world, to save the world from sin.

3 Ne. 11:10
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world.

3 Ne. 11:11
And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.

3 Ne. 11:14
Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.

3 Ne. 18:24
Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. Behold I am the light which ye shall hold up-- that which ye have seen me do. Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all have witnessed.

3 Ne. 18:25
And ye see that I have commanded that none of you should go away, but rather have commanded that ye should come unto me, that ye might feel and see; even so shall ye do unto the world; and whosoever breaketh this commandment suffereth himself to be led into temptation.

3 Ne. 19:20
Father, I thank thee that thou hast given the Holy Ghost unto these whom I have chosen; and it is because of their belief in me that I have chosen them out of the world.

3 Ne. 19:29
Father, I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me out of the world, because of their faith, that they may be purified in me, that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one, that I may be glorified in them.

3 Ne. 26:5
If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation; being on a parallel, the one on the one hand and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy, and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, who was before the world began.

3 Ne. 27:13
Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you-- that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.

3 Ne. 27:16
And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.

3 Ne. 27:26
And behold, all things are written by the Father; therefore out of the books which shall be written shall the world be judged.

3 Ne. 28:9
And again, ye shall not have pain while ye shall dwell in the flesh, neither sorrow save it be for the sins of the world; and all this will I do because of the thing which ye have desired of me, for ye have desired that ye might bring the souls of men unto me, while the world shall stand.

3 Ne. 28:25
Behold, I was about to write the names of those who were never to taste of death, but the Lord forbade; therefore I write them not, for they are hid from the world.

3 Ne. 28:38
Therefore, that they might not taste of death there was a change wrought upon their bodies, that they might not suffer pain nor sorrow save it were for the sins of the world.