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

Neh. 4:14
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

Neh. 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Neh. 10:28
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

Neh. 12:43
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

Neh. 13:23
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

Neh. 13:27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?