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Lust

Peak emphasis 1839
Total mentions 1,451
Years observed 1831 – 2025
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Moments of emphasis shift

Years when this word’s usage moved sharply against the decade around it.

  • 1864
    ▲  Sharper emphasis193 per million words
  • 1883
    ▲  Sharper emphasis146 per million words
  • 1915
    ▲  Sharper emphasis86 per million words
  • 1920
    ▲  Sharper emphasis127 per million words
  • 1938
    ▲  Sharper emphasis91 per million words
  • 1971
    ▲  Sharper emphasis246 per million words
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The Spoken Word

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

  1. 1853·Orson Pratt·Apostle
    As it was considered a very great evil for a husband to put away his wife, so, likewise, it was very sinful for a wife to put away her husband. Jesus says, “If a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.” (Mark 10: 12.)
    The Seer — apostle_book
  2. 1860·Brigham Young·Prophet
    At another time Jesus exclaimed—"An evil and an adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall be no sign given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
    Education—Testimony—Miraculous Signs, &c. — jod
  3. 1971·Spencer W. Kimball·Apostle
    To the great Moses these perversions were an abomination and a defilement, worthy of death. To Paul it was unnatural, unmanly, ungodly, and a dishonorable passion of an adulterous nature and would close all the doors to the kingdom.
    Voices of the Past, of the Present, of the Future — cojc
  4. 1973·L. Tom Perry·Apostle
    Our unconquered appetites and consuming drive for material possessions appear to be leading us on a course so often repeated in history. Greed, lust, and desire historically have only led mankind to waste, destruction, and suffering.
    Consider Your Ways — cojc
  5. 1975·L. Tom Perry·Apostle
    He has not left us without that same instruction in our modern scriptures. For again in this day he has declared, “Thou shalt not commit adultery; and he that committeth adultery, and repenteth not, shall be cast out.” ( D&C 42:24 .)
    For the Time Will Come When They Will Not Endure Sound Doctrine — cojc
  6. 1978·Marion G. Romney·Apostle
    “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Thou shalt not steal; neither commit adultery, nor kill, nor do anything like unto it.
    A Disciple of Christ — cojc

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