Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'therefore' occurs 2146 times in the standard works.

502 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'therefore' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 226 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 36:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 10:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 2:35-39 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 30:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:34-36 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 29:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 2:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:127-129 (3 in 3 verses)

Hab. 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 11:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:28-12:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 24:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 57:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 7:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 7:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:22-10:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 117:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

 17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.




2 Kgs. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 15:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:16-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:41-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 881 0 881
Gen. 47 0 47
Ex. 21 0 21
Lev. 24 0 24
Num. 21 0 21
Deut. 40 0 40
Josh. 35 0 35
Judg. 21 0 21
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 49 0 49
2 Sam. 37 0 37
1 Kgs. 28 0 28
2 Kgs. 34 0 34
1 Chr. 20 0 20
2 Chr. 36 0 36
Ezra 7 0 7
Neh. 14 0 14
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 22 0 22
Ps. 43 0 43
Prov. 12 0 12
Eccl. 7 0 7
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 73 0 73
Jer. 101 0 101
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 88 0 88
Dan. 20 0 20
Hosea 21 0 21
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 12 0 12
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 11 0 11
Hab. 5 0 5
Zeph. 3 0 3
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 356 0 356
BM 663 0 663
DC 215 0 215
PGP 31 0 31
TOTAL 2146 0 2146

2 Kgs. 1:4
Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

2 Kgs. 1:6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kgs. 1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 1:16
And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kgs. 2:17
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

2 Kgs. 3:23
And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

2 Kgs. 4:33
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.

2 Kgs. 5:15
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

2 Kgs. 5:27
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

2 Kgs. 6:7
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

2 Kgs. 6:11
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

2 Kgs. 6:14
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

2 Kgs. 7:4
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

2 Kgs. 7:9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

2 Kgs. 7:12
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

2 Kgs. 7:14
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

2 Kgs. 9:26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 10:19
Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

2 Kgs. 12:7
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

2 Kgs. 14:11
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

2 Kgs. 15:16
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

2 Kgs. 17:4
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

2 Kgs. 17:18
Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

2 Kgs. 17:25
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

2 Kgs. 17:26
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

2 Kgs. 18:23
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

2 Kgs. 19:18
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

2 Kgs. 19:19
Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.

2 Kgs. 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

2 Kgs. 19:28
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

2 Kgs. 19:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

2 Kgs. 21:12
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

2 Kgs. 22:17
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

2 Kgs. 22:20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.