Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abominations' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abominations' in the standard works and contain 29.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:21-29 (10 in 9 verses)

Hel. 13:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 2:18 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 30:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:12 And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.

 14:13 And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.




Mosiah 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 74 0 74
NT 2 0 2
BM 75 0 75
1 Ne. 8 0 8
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 13 0 13
Alma 13 0 13
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 13 0 13
Morm. 6 0 6
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 10 0 10
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 164 0 164

1 Ne. 1:13
And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I have seen thine abominations! Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem-- that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof; many should perish by the sword, and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.

1 Ne. 1:19
And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of the things which he testified of them; for he truly testified of their wickedness and their abominations; and he testified that the things which he saw and heard, and also the things which he read in the book, manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah, and also the redemption of the world.

1 Ne. 12:23
And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.

1 Ne. 14:9
And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.

1 Ne. 14:10
And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

1 Ne. 14:12
And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.

1 Ne. 14:13
And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.

1 Ne. 14:16
And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things--