Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'adultery' occurs 69 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'adultery' in the standard works and contain 59.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:41-44 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:61-63 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
NT 23 0 23
BM 11 0 11
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 4 0 4
DC 18 0 18
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 69 0 69

Mosiah 2:13
Neither have I suffered that ye should be confined in dungeons, nor that ye should make slaves one of another, nor that ye should murder, or plunder, or steal, or commit adultery; nor even have I suffered that ye should commit any manner of wickedness, and have taught you that ye should keep the commandments of the Lord, in all things which he hath commanded you--

Mosiah 13:22
Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal.

Alma 16:18
Now those priests who did go forth among the people did preach against all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and malice, and revilings, and stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, committing adultery, and all manner of lasciviousness, crying that these things ought not so to be--

Alma 23:3
And thus they might go forth and preach the word according to their desires, for the king had been converted unto the Lord, and all his household; therefore he sent his proclamation throughout the land unto his people, that the word of God might have no obstruction, but that it might go forth throughout all the land, that his people might be convinced concerning the wicked traditions of their fathers, and that they might be convinced that they were all brethren, and that they ought not to murder, nor to plunder, nor to steal, nor to commit adultery, nor to commit any manner of wickedness.

Alma 30:10
But if he murdered he was punished unto death; and if he robbed he was also punished; and if he stole he was also punished; and if he committed adultery he was also punished; yea, for all this wickedness they were punished.

Hel. 4:12
And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites--

Hel. 7:5
Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills--

3 Ne. 12:27
Behold, it is written by them of old time, that thou shalt not commit adultery;

3 Ne. 12:28
But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust after her, hath committed adultery already in his heart.

3 Ne. 12:32
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery; and whoso shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery.