Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wherefore' occurs 975 times in the standard works.

298 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wherefore' in the standard works and contain 30.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 141 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:31-2:18 (21 in 20 verses)

Moro. 7:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 10:15-22 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Ne. 10:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

Jacob 4:8-14 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Ne. 15:33-16:2 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 25:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 31:20-32:4 (6 in 6 verses)

Jacob 1:6-11 (6 in 6 verses)

Jacob 7:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 9:4-10:1 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 1:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 4:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 25:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 17:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:44-45 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 31:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 27:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 11:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 58:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:22-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Jacob 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:6 And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they shall become a blessed people.

 3:7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?




Jacob 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 71:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:78-79 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 244 0 244
NT 104 0 104
BM 415 0 415
1 Ne. 98 0 98
2 Ne. 138 0 138
Jacob 52 0 52
Enos 6 0 6
Jarom 3 0 3
Omni 6 0 6
W of M 4 0 4
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 3 0 3
3 Ne. 3 0 3
Ether 63 0 63
Moro. 38 0 38
DC 182 0 182
PGP 30 0 30
TOTAL 975 0 975

Jacob 1:1
For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which these things are engraven.

Jacob 1:6
And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much prophecy; wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which should come.

Jacob 1:7
Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.

Jacob 1:8
Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.

Jacob 1:9
Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die; wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his people now, according to the reigns of the kings.

Jacob 1:11
Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people, second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the people, let them be of whatever name they would.

Jacob 1:17
Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught them in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from the Lord.

Jacob 1:19
And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

Jacob 2:9
Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained, because of the strict commandment which I have received from God, to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded, instead of consoling and healing their wounds; and those who have not been wounded, instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.

Jacob 2:11
Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the plainness of the word of God. For behold, as I inquired of the Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.

Jacob 2:25
Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.

Jacob 2:26
Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old.

Jacob 2:27
Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 2:29
Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.

Jacob 2:34
And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.

Jacob 3:6
And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they shall become a blessed people.

Jacob 3:7
Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?

Jacob 3:9
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

Jacob 3:10
Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.

Jacob 4:6
Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Jacob 4:8
Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.

Jacob 4:9
For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face of the earth, which earth was created by the power of his word. Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure?

Jacob 4:10
Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

Jacob 4:11
Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

Jacob 4:13
Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.

Jacob 4:14
But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand, because they desired it. And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.

Jacob 5:7
And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he said unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire that they may be burned.

Jacob 5:8
And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will; and it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself; wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will.

Jacob 5:11
And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be digged about, and pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself, I have done this thing.

Jacob 5:12
Wherefore, go thy way; watch the tree, and nourish it, according to my words.

Jacob 5:22
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:29
And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard. For behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:34
And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree they have nourished the roots, that they are alive and they have not perished; wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.

Jacob 5:52
Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graft them into the tree from whence they came; and let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter, and graft in the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.

Jacob 5:54
And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them. Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:61
Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.

Jacob 5:62
Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last time, for behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the last time that I shall prune my vineyard.

Jacob 5:64
Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them once more, for the last time, for the end draweth nigh. And if it be so that these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the natural fruit, then shall ye prepare the way for them, that they may grow.

Jacob 5:66
For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:76
For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I have spoken.

Jacob 6:5
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.

Jacob 7:4
And he was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge of the language of the people; wherefore, he could use much flattery, and much power of speech, according to the power of the devil.

Jacob 7:5
And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me. And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken.

Jacob 7:12
And this is not all-- it has been made manifest unto me, for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made all mankind must be lost.

Jacob 7:16
And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gather together on the morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire to speak unto the people before I shall die.

Jacob 7:25
Wherefore, the people of Nephi did fortify against them with their arms, and with all their might, trusting in the God and rock of their salvation; wherefore, they became as yet, conquerors of their enemies.

Jacob 7:26
And it came to pass that I, Jacob, began to be old; and the record of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi, wherefore, I conclude this record, declaring that I have written according to the best of my knowledge, by saying that the time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren, which caused wars and contentions; wherefore, we did mourn out our days.

Jacob 7:27
And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave; wherefore, I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates. And I told him the things which my brother Nephi had commanded me, and he promised obedience unto the commands. And I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.