Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'reason' occurs 102 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'reason' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 50:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

 50:10 And now come, saith the Lord, by the Spirit, unto the elders of his church, and let us reason together, that ye may understand;

 50:11 Let us reason even as a man reasoneth one with another face to face.

 50:12 Now, when a man reasoneth he is understood of man, because he reasoneth as a man; even so will I, the Lord, reason with you that you may understand.





Ex. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.





Job 35:9 (2 in 1 verse)

 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.





1 Ne. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

 8:3 And behold, because of the thing which I have seen, I have reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam; for I have reason to suppose that they, and also many of their seed, will be saved.





2 Ne. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 9:6 For as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because man became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.





Alma 26:35 (2 in 1 verse)

 26:35 Now have we not reason to rejoice? Yea, I say unto you, there never were men that had so great reason to rejoice as we, since the world began; yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God; for he has all power, all wisdom, and all understanding; he comprehendeth all things, and he is a merciful Being, even unto salvation, to those who will repent and believe on his name.





Luke 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

 5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?





Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:13 Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?

 26:14 Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.




Exact Word Count

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  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 8 60
NT 19 19 38
Matt. 1 2 3
Mark 2 5 7
Luke 2 4 6
John 2 0 2
Acts 2 6 8
Rom. 1 1 2
2 Cor. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 0 1 1
Heb. 3 0 3
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1