Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'strange' occurs 93 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'strange' in the standard works and contain 21.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 81:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:36 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:95 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezra 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

 10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.




Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 194 259
Gen. 3 9 12
Ex. 4 15 19
Lev. 1 27 28
Num. 2 17 19
Deut. 2 28 30
Josh. 2 3 5
Judg. 2 1 3
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 0 4 4
1 Kgs. 2 3 5
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 2 5 7
Ezra 7 0 7
Neh. 1 2 3
Job 3 4 7
Ps. 7 12 19
Prov. 11 12 23
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 4 13 17
Jer. 3 10 13
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 16 18
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 2 4
Joel 0 1 1
Obad. 0 2 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 11 23 34
BM 7 7 14
DC 3 3 6
PGP 7 1 8
TOTAL 93 228 321

Ezra 10:2
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Ezra 10:10
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Ezra 10:11
Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Ezra 10:14
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

Ezra 10:17
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

Ezra 10:18
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Ezra 10:44
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.