Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wrought' occurs 144 times in the standard works.

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wrought' in the standard works and contain 19.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 12:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 9:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 28:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:45 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Neh. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.




1 Ne. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 77 1 78
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 2 1 3
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Neh. 5 0 5
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 5 0 5
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 5 0 5
Dan. 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 23 0 23
BM 42 0 42
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 144 1 145

Neh. 4:16
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Neh. 4:17
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

Neh. 6:16
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

Neh. 9:18
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

Neh. 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.