Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'idols' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'idols' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 14:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Isa. 10:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 2:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 12:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 31:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 85 0 85
NT 16 0 16
BM 13 0 13
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 115 0 115

2 Ne. 9:37
Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them.

2 Ne. 12:8
Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

2 Ne. 12:18
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

2 Ne. 12:20
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

2 Ne. 20:10
As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

2 Ne. 20:11
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols?

Alma 7:6
But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much unbelief as were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship idols, but that ye do worship the true and the living God, and that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith, which is to come.

Alma 17:15
Thus they were a very indolent people, many of whom did worship idols, and the curse of God had fallen upon them because of the traditions of their fathers; notwithstanding the promises of the Lord were extended unto them on the conditions of repentance.

Alma 31:1
Now it came to pass that after the end of Korihor, Alma having received tidings that the Zoramites were perverting the ways of the Lord, and that Zoram, who was their leader, was leading the hearts of the people to bow down to dumb idols, his heart again began to sicken because of the iniquity of the people.

Hel. 6:31
And now behold, he had got great hold upon the hearts of the Nephites; yea, insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked; yea, the more part of them had turned out of the way of righteousness, and did trample under their feet the commandments of God, and did turn unto their own ways, and did build up unto themselves idols of their gold and their silver.

Morm. 4:21
And when they had come the second time, the Nephites were driven and slaughtered with an exceedingly great slaughter; their women and their children were again sacrificed unto idols.