Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wives' occurs 196 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wives' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 12:12-14 (5 in 3 verses)

Jacob 3:7 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 7 126
Gen. 23 0 23
Ex. 3 7 10
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 10 0 10
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 6 0 6
Esth. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 13 0 13
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 4 0 4
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 14 0 14
BM 51 0 51
DC 6 0 6
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 196 7 203

Dan. 5:2
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

Dan. 5:3
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

Dan. 5:23
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Dan. 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.