Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'adultery' occurs 69 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'adultery' in the standard works and contain 59.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:41-44 (6 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:61-63 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

James 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


Hosea 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

 4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.




Matt. 5:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 0 1
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hosea 3 0 3
NT 23 0 23
BM 11 0 11
DC 18 0 18
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 69 0 69

Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 4:13
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.