Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'because' occurs 2151 times in the standard works.

785 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'because' in the standard works and contain 36.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 320 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 13:12-26 (15 in 15 verses)

Hel. 13:14-28 (15 in 15 verses)

Hel. 13:16-30 (15 in 15 verses)

2 Ne. 28:8-14 (9 in 7 verses)

Jacob 3:5-10 (8 in 6 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-14 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 32:33-39 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 132:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 60:9-14 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 33:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 32:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 10:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-13 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 19:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

Morm. 1:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 12:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 15:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:12-14 (5 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:27-29 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 62:40-44 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 23:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)


Jer. 4:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

 4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.

 4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.




Jer. 50:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:19-2:1 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 59:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 23:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 32:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 14:12-15:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 28:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 26:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:20 (3 in 1 verse)

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