Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wife' occurs 484 times in the standard works.

236 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wife' in the standard works and contain 48.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 102 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 7:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?




Gen. 12:17-13:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 26:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Deut. 24:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Luke 20:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 7:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 36:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 25:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 13:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Mark 12:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 7:27 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 36:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:20-15:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:46-28:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 39:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 18:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 5:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 49:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 74:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:67-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 320 3 323
NT 87 0 87
Matt. 18 0 18
Mark 12 0 12
Luke 19 0 19
John 1 0 1
Acts 5 0 5
1 Cor. 20 0 20
Eph. 5 0 5
1 Tim. 3 0 3
Titus 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 28 0 28
DC 17 0 17
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 484 3 487

1 Cor. 5:1
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

1 Cor. 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Cor. 7:3
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

1 Cor. 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

1 Cor. 7:10
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

1 Cor. 7:11
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

1 Cor. 7:12
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1 Cor. 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

1 Cor. 7:16
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Cor. 7:27
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

1 Cor. 7:33
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

1 Cor. 7:34
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

1 Cor. 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Cor. 9:5
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?