Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'curse' occurs 163 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'curse' in the standard works and contain 36.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 16:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 5:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:53-56 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 103:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 5:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 89 101 190
Gen. 4 9 13
Ex. 1 1 2
Lev. 1 6 7
Num. 19 6 25
Deut. 8 28 36
Josh. 2 15 17
Judg. 3 3 6
1 Sam. 0 4 4
2 Sam. 4 4 8
1 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Kgs. 1 2 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Neh. 3 1 4
Job 6 4 10
Ps. 2 2 4
Prov. 7 2 9
Eccl. 3 1 4
Isa. 5 1 6
Jer. 11 6 17
Lam. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 4 3 7
NT 12 12 24
BM 38 38 76
DC 16 13 29
PGP 8 9 17
TOTAL 163 173 336

Isa. 8:21
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

Isa. 24:6
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Isa. 34:5
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Isa. 43:28
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Isa. 65:15
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

Isa. 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.