Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'concubines' occurs 30 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'concubines' in the standard works and contain 46.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
NT 0 0 0
BM 9 0 9
Jacob 4 0 4
Mosiah 4 0 4
Ether 1 0 1
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 30 0 30

Mosiah 11:2
For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after the desires of his own heart. And he had many wives and concubines. And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that which was abominable in the sight of the Lord. Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness.

Mosiah 11:4
And all this did he take to support himself, and his wives and his concubines; and also his priests, and their wives and their concubines; thus he had changed the affairs of the kingdom.

Mosiah 11:14
And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his riches, and he spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his concubines; and so did also his priests spend their time with harlots.