Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cursed' occurs 121 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 'cursed' in the standard works and contain 33.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 27:15-26 (12 in 12 verses)

Deut. 28:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 67 17 84
Gen. 7 0 7
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 21 1 22
Josh. 2 13 15
Judg. 2 1 3
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 6 0 6
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 5 5 10
BM 30 6 36
DC 10 1 11
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 121 29 150

Deut. 21:23
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Josh. 6:17
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Josh. 6:18
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

Josh. 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

Josh. 7:11
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

Josh. 7:12
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

Josh. 7:13
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

Josh. 7:15
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

Josh. 22:20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

Judg. 17:2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

1 Chr. 2:7
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

Isa. 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.