Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'swear' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'swear' in the standard works and contain 28.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 23:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 12 59
NT 13 5 18
BM 14 4 18
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 2 1 3
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 4 2 6
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
DC 2 0 2
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 78 21 99

Alma 12:35
And whosoever will harden his heart and will do iniquity, behold, I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest.

Alma 36:1
My son, give ear to my words; for I swear unto you, that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land.

Alma 49:27
Yea, he was exceedingly wroth, and he did curse God, and also Moroni, swearing with an oath that he would drink his blood; and this because Moroni had kept the commandments of God in preparing for the safety of his people.