Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wise' occurs 324 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wise' in the standard works and contain 20.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 3:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.




Prov. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:17-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 191 71 262
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 11 5 16
Lev. 3 1 4
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 8 5 13
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 5 6
1 Sam. 1 7 8
2 Sam. 3 3 6
1 Kgs. 6 3 9
1 Chr. 2 9 11
2 Chr. 1 4 5
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 2 2 4
Job 11 3 14
Ps. 7 7 14
Prov. 66 5 71
Eccl. 25 2 27
Isa. 7 1 8
Jer. 9 1 10
Ezek. 2 4 6
Dan. 16 0 16
Hosea 1 1 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 56 80 136
BM 40 28 68
DC 34 40 74
PGP 3 9 12
TOTAL 324 228 552

1 Kgs. 1:21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

1 Kgs. 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

1 Kgs. 3:12
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

1 Kgs. 3:26
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

1 Kgs. 3:27
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

1 Kgs. 4:31
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

1 Kgs. 5:7
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

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

1 Kgs. 11:22
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.