Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cause' occurs 608 times in the standard works.

128 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cause' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 52 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 35:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 143:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:77 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 38:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 278 1038 1316
Gen. 2 69 71
Ex. 11 24 35
Lev. 6 22 28
Num. 10 44 54
Deut. 10 57 67
Josh. 3 28 31
Judg. 0 28 28
1 Sam. 5 48 53
2 Sam. 4 30 34
1 Kgs. 9 39 48
2 Kgs. 1 23 24
1 Chr. 1 30 31
2 Chr. 5 51 56
Ezra 3 10 13
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 3 5 8
Job 15 37 52
Ps. 28 82 110
Prov. 13 15 28
Eccl. 4 13 17
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 21 52 73
Jer. 51 122 173
Lam. 4 18 22
Ezek. 44 90 134
Dan. 7 13 20
Hosea 2 20 22
Joel 2 7 9
Amos 3 12 15
Jonah 2 2 4
Micah 1 7 8
Nahum 0 2 2
Hab. 1 6 7
Zeph. 0 3 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 8 10
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 50 310 360
BM 214 958 1172
DC 56 123 179
PGP 10 45 55
TOTAL 608 2474 3082

Job 2:3
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Job 3:10
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Job 5:8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Job 6:20
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Job 11:16
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

Job 11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Job 12:24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 13:18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Job 15:27
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Job 20:2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

Job 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 23:4
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

Job 24:10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 30:11
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

Job 30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 32:2
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Job 32:3
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Job 32:4
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Job 34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Job 34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 34:36
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

Job 35:12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 35:15
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

Job 36:18
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Job 37:13
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Job 37:15
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Job 38:21
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Job 39:17
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.