Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'anger' occurs 347 times in the standard works.

85 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'anger' in the standard works and contain 24.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 37 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 11:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 32:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 85:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Lam. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:28-12:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 25:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 49:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 29:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:29 For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.

 11:30 Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away.




D&C 63:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 229 191 420
NT 5 39 44
BM 89 21 110
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 21 3 24
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 2 11
Alma 26 8 34
Hel. 17 0 17
3 Ne. 2 5 7
Morm. 1 2 3
Ether 6 0 6
Moro. 3 1 4
DC 21 10 31
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 347 261 608

3 Ne. 11:29
For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.

3 Ne. 11:30
Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away.

3 Ne. 12:21
Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, and it is also written before you, that thou shalt not kill, and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment of God;

3 Ne. 12:22
But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

3 Ne. 24:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.