Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'deceive' occurs 47 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'deceive' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 10:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 12 25 37
NT 15 23 38
BM 8 6 14
DC 6 10 16
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 47 65 112

D&C 10:25
Yea, he saith unto them: Deceive and lie in wait to catch, that ye may destroy; behold, this is no harm. And thus he flattereth them, and telleth them that it is no sin to lie that they may catch a man in a lie, that they may destroy him.

D&C 10:28
Verily, verily, I say unto you, wo be unto him that lieth to deceive because he supposeth that another lieth to deceive, for such are not exempt from the justice of God.

D&C 50:3
And also Satan hath sought to deceive you, that he might overthrow you.

D&C 123:12
For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it--

D&C 129:7
Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is contrary to the order of heaven for a just man to deceive; but he will still deliver his message.