Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'world' occurs 706 times in the standard works.

269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'world' in the standard works and contain 38.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 102 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:13-30 (18 in 18 verses)

John 17:9-25 (17 in 17 verses)

John 15:18-19 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 4:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 93:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

John 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 76:41 (4 in 1 verse)

John 1:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 2:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 7:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 9:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 10:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 6:59 (3 in 1 verse)

John 12:46-47 (3 in 2 verses)

John 18:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 75:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:23 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Col. 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 9:26 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:23 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 59:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:27 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:41 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:85 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:52 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 135:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 0 46
NT 242 4 246
Matt. 18 0 18
Mark 5 0 5
Luke 10 0 10
John 80 0 80
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 12 0 12
1 Cor. 29 0 29
2 Cor. 4 0 4
Gal. 4 0 4
Eph. 7 0 7
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 4 0 4
1 Tim. 4 0 4
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 2 1 3
Heb. 9 3 12
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 5 0 5
1 Jn. 23 0 23
2 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 169 0 169
DC 221 6 227
PGP 28 3 31
TOTAL 706 13 719

James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.