Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wives' occurs 196 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wives' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 12:12-14 (5 in 3 verses)

Jacob 3:7 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 7 126
Gen. 23 0 23
Ex. 3 7 10
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 10 0 10
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 6 0 6
Esth. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 13 0 13
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 4 0 4
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 14 0 14
BM 51 0 51
DC 6 0 6
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 196 7 203

1 Kgs. 11:3
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

1 Kgs. 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kgs. 11:8
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

1 Kgs. 20:3
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

1 Kgs. 20:5
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

1 Kgs. 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.