Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wicked' occurs 517 times in the standard works.

137 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wicked' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 57 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:8-15 (10 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 3:18-19 (6 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:5 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:57 (3 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 10:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 12:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 21:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 21:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 15:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 94:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 101:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 112:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 140:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:66 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 37:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.




Ps. 37:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 101:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 15:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:67-68 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 320 141 461
Gen. 5 3 8
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 1 4 5
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 5 7 12
Judg. 0 4 4
1 Sam. 3 5 8
2 Sam. 2 4 6
1 Kgs. 1 5 6
2 Kgs. 1 2 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 3 3 6
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 37 11 48
Ps. 90 19 109
Prov. 89 11 100
Eccl. 8 4 12
Isa. 12 4 16
Jer. 10 22 32
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 33 11 44
Dan. 2 4 6
Hosea 0 7 7
Joel 0 1 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 2 1 3
Nahum 3 1 4
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 2 3 5
NT 24 9 33
BM 103 166 269
DC 63 20 83
PGP 7 9 16
TOTAL 517 345 862

Ps. 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Ps. 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Ps. 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Ps. 7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Ps. 9:5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Ps. 9:16
The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Ps. 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Ps. 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Ps. 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

Ps. 10:4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Ps. 10:13
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Ps. 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Ps. 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Ps. 11:5
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Ps. 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Ps. 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Ps. 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Ps. 17:13
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Ps. 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Ps. 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Ps. 26:5
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

Ps. 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Ps. 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Ps. 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Ps. 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Ps. 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Ps. 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Ps. 36:1
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Ps. 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Ps. 37:7
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Ps. 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

Ps. 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Ps. 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Ps. 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Ps. 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

Ps. 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

Ps. 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

Ps. 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 37:32
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Ps. 37:34
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Ps. 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Ps. 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 37:40
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Ps. 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Ps. 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Ps. 50:16
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

Ps. 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Ps. 55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Ps. 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Ps. 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Ps. 58:2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Ps. 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Ps. 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Ps. 59:5
Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Ps. 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Ps. 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Ps. 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Ps. 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ps. 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Ps. 74:3
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Ps. 74:19
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Ps. 75:4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Ps. 75:8
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

Ps. 75:10
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Ps. 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Ps. 82:4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps. 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Ps. 89:22
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Ps. 91:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Ps. 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Ps. 92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Ps. 94:3
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Ps. 94:13
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Ps. 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.

Ps. 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps. 101:3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Ps. 101:4
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

Ps. 101:8
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

Ps. 104:35
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Ps. 106:18
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

Ps. 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Ps. 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Ps. 109:6
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

Ps. 112:10
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Ps. 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Ps. 119:61
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Ps. 119:95
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Ps. 119:119
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Ps. 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Ps. 129:4
The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Ps. 139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Ps. 139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Ps. 139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Ps. 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps. 140:8
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Ps. 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Ps. 145:20
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Ps. 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.