Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'poison' occurs 19 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 'poison' in the standard works and contain 42.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 55:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 58:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 0 7
NT 2 0 2
BM 7 6 13
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 5 0 5
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 1 4 5
DC 3 3 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 9 28

Mosiah 7:30
And again, he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness they shall reap the chaff thereof in the whirlwind; and the effect thereof is poison.

Alma 47:18
And it came to pass that Amalickiah caused that one of his servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died.

Alma 55:30
And many times did they attempt to administer of their wine to the Nephites, that they might destroy them with poison or with drunkenness.

Alma 55:32
And they were thus cautious that no poison should be administered among them; for if their wine would poison a Lamanite it would also poison a Nephite; and thus they did try all their liquors.

Ether 9:31
And there came forth poisonous serpents also upon the face of the land, and did poison many people. And it came to pass that their flocks began to flee before the poisonous serpents, towards the land southward, which was called by the Nephites Zarahemla.