Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'deny' occurs 101 times in the standard works.

43 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'deny' in the standard works and contain 42.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 10:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:45-48 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Tim. 2:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 25:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

 25:28 And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people; wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot misunderstand. And the words which I have spoken shall stand as a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law.

 25:29 And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.




Alma 30:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 10:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 0 5
NT 19 4 23
BM 60 7 67
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 7 1 8
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 18 3 21
Hel. 6 1 7
3 Ne. 3 0 3
4 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 10 2 12
DC 12 0 12
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 101 11 112

2 Ne. 25:28
And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people; wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot misunderstand. And the words which I have spoken shall stand as a testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man the right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not; for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law.

2 Ne. 25:29
And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.

2 Ne. 28:4
And they shall contend one with another; and their priests shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.

2 Ne. 28:5
And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men;

2 Ne. 28:32
Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

2 Ne. 31:14
But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.