Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'instead' occurs 59 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'instead' in the standard works and contain 44.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 3:24 (5 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 13:24 (5 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 0 39
NT 0 0 0
BM 12 0 12
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 59 0 59

D&C 24:4
But if they receive thee not, I will send upon them a cursing instead of a blessing.

D&C 24:6
And it shall be given thee in the very moment what thou shalt speak and write, and they shall hear it, or I will send unto them a cursing instead of a blessing.

D&C 24:15
And in whatsoever place ye shall enter, and they receive you not in my name, ye shall leave a cursing instead of a blessing, by casting off the dust of your feet against them as a testimony, and cleansing your feet by the wayside.

D&C 107:38
It is the duty of the traveling high council to call upon the Seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several calls for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others.

D&C 124:48
For instead of blessings, ye, by your own works, bring cursings, wrath, indignation, and judgments upon your own heads, by your follies, and by all your abominations, which you practice before me, saith the Lord.

D&C 124:84
And with my servant Almon Babbitt, there are many things with which I am not pleased; behold, he aspireth to establish his counsel instead of the counsel which I have ordained, even that of the Presidency of my Church; and he setteth up a golden calf for the worship of my people.