Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'torment' occurs 34 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'torment' in the standard works and contain 17.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rev. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 11 11 22
BM 16 2 18
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 6 0 6
Alma 3 2 5
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 34 14 48

Mosiah 2:39
And now I say unto you, that mercy hath no claim on that man; therefore his final doom is to endure a never-ending torment.

Mosiah 3:25
And if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view of their own guilt and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of the Lord into a state of misery and endless torment, from whence they can no more return; therefore they have drunk damnation to their own souls.

Mosiah 3:27
And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus hath the Lord commanded me. Amen.

Mosiah 5:5
And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command us, all the remainder of our days, that we may not bring upon ourselves a never-ending torment, as has been spoken by the angel, that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God.

Mosiah 27:29
My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more.

Mosiah 28:3
Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble.