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)

 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.

 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.




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
NT 14 0 14
BM 51 0 51
DC 6 0 6
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 196 7 203

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