Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'enemy' occurs 162 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'enemy' in the standard works and contain 20.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 98:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 101:51-54 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)


Lam. 2:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

 2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

 2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

 2:5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.




Mosiah 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 99 0 99
NT 11 0 11
BM 20 0 20
DC 30 0 30
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 162 0 162

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