Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cause' occurs 608 times in the standard works.

128 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cause' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 52 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 35:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 143:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:77 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 38:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 278 1038 1316
Gen. 2 69 71
Ex. 11 24 35
Lev. 6 22 28
Num. 10 44 54
Deut. 10 57 67
Josh. 3 28 31
Judg. 0 28 28
1 Sam. 5 48 53
2 Sam. 4 30 34
1 Kgs. 9 39 48
2 Kgs. 1 23 24
1 Chr. 1 30 31
2 Chr. 5 51 56
Ezra 3 10 13
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 3 5 8
Job 15 37 52
Ps. 28 82 110
Prov. 13 15 28
Eccl. 4 13 17
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 21 52 73
Jer. 51 122 173
Lam. 4 18 22
Ezek. 44 90 134
Dan. 7 13 20
Hosea 2 20 22
Joel 2 7 9
Amos 3 12 15
Jonah 2 2 4
Micah 1 7 8
Nahum 0 2 2
Hab. 1 6 7
Zeph. 0 3 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 8 10
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 50 310 360
BM 214 958 1172
DC 56 123 179
PGP 10 45 55
TOTAL 608 2474 3082

Ex. 1:12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

Ex. 1:19
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

Ex. 1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Ex. 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Ex. 4:26
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

Ex. 5:21
And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

Ex. 8:5
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

Ex. 8:12
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Ex. 9:11
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

Ex. 9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Ex. 9:18
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

Ex. 12:39
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

Ex. 13:8
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

Ex. 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

Ex. 14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Ex. 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Ex. 17:16
For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Ex. 18:15
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

Ex. 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

Ex. 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Ex. 19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Ex. 21:19
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

Ex. 22:5
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

Ex. 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

Ex. 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Ex. 23:3
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Ex. 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Ex. 27:20
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Ex. 29:10
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

Ex. 29:33
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

Ex. 29:34
And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

Ex. 32:35
And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

Ex. 36:6
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

Ex. 40:35
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.