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

Judg. 3:6
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Judg. 8:30
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Judg. 21:7
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

Judg. 21:14
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

Judg. 21:16
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Judg. 21:18
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

Judg. 21:23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.