Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'because' occurs 2151 times in the standard works.

785 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'because' in the standard works and contain 36.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 320 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 13:12-26 (15 in 15 verses)

Hel. 13:14-28 (15 in 15 verses)

Hel. 13:16-30 (15 in 15 verses)

2 Ne. 28:8-14 (9 in 7 verses)

Jacob 3:5-10 (8 in 6 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-14 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 32:33-39 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 132:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 60:9-14 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 33:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 32:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 10:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-13 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 19:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

Morm. 1:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 12:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 15:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:12-14 (5 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:27-29 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 62:40-44 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 23:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 50:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:19-2:1 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 59:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 23:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 32:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 14:12-15:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 28:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 26:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 38:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

John 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 4:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 26:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 37:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 55:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 107:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:53 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:43 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:54 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 116:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:19-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

James 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 908 0 908
NT 301 0 301
BM 799 0 799
DC 110 0 110
PGP 33 0 33
Moses 19 0 19
Abr. 11 0 11
JS-M 2 0 2
JS-H 1 0 1
TOTAL 2151 0 2151

Moses 1:23
And now of this thing Moses bore record; but because of wickedness it is not had among the children of men.

Moses 3:3
And I, God, blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it I had rested from all my work which I, God, had created and made.

Moses 3:23
And Adam said: This I know now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.

Moses 4:3
Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;

Moses 4:16
And he said: I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I beheld that I was naked, and I hid myself.

Moses 4:20
And I, the Lord God, said unto the serpent: Because thou hast done this thou shalt be cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life;

Moses 4:23
And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying-- Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Moses 4:26
And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living; for thus have I, the Lord God, called the first of all women, which are many.

Moses 5:10
And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God.

Moses 5:27
And Adam and his wife mourned before the Lord, because of Cain and his brethren.

Moses 5:38
And Cain said unto the Lord: Satan tempted me because of my brother's flocks. And I was wroth also; for his offering thou didst accept and not mine; my punishment is greater than I can bear.

Moses 5:39
Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the Lord, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that he that findeth me will slay me, because of mine iniquities, for these things are not hid from the Lord.

Moses 5:53
And among the daughters of men these things were not spoken, because that Lamech had spoken the secret unto his wives, and they rebelled against him, and declared these things abroad, and had not compassion;

Moses 6:15
And the children of men were numerous upon all the face of the land. And in those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man's hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works, seeking for power.

Moses 6:37
And it came to pass that Enoch went forth in the land, among the people, standing upon the hills and the high places, and cried with a loud voice, testifying against their works; and all men were offended because of him.

Moses 6:48
And he said unto them: Because that Adam fell, we are; and by his fall came death; and we are made partakers of misery and woe.

Moses 7:18
And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.

Moses 7:48
And it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the earth; and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof, saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother of men; I am pained, I am weary, because of the wickedness of my children. When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me? When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest, and righteousness for a season abide upon my face?

Moses 8:9
And he called his name Noah, saying: This son shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

Abr. 1:11
Now, this priest had offered upon this altar three virgins at one time, who were the daughters of Onitah, one of the royal descent directly from the loins of Ham. These virgins were offered up because of their virtue; they would not bow down to worship gods of wood or of stone, therefore they were killed upon this altar, and it was done after the manner of the Egyptians.

Abr. 1:17
And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.

Abr. 1:30
Accordingly a famine prevailed throughout all the land of Chaldea, and my father was sorely tormented because of the famine, and he repented of the evil which he had determined against me, to take away my life.

Abr. 2:18
And then we passed from Jershon through the land unto the place of Sechem; it was situated in the plains of Moreh, and we had already come into the borders of the land of the Canaanites, and I offered sacrifice there in the plains of Moreh, and called on the Lord devoutly, because we had already come into the land of this idolatrous nation.

Abr. 2:25
And it came to pass that I, Abraham, told Sarai, my wife, all that the Lord had said unto me-- Therefore say unto them, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and my soul shall live because of thee.

Abr. 3:3
And the Lord said unto me: These are the governing ones; and the name of the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me, for I am the Lord thy God: I have set this one to govern all those which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest.

Abr. 3:5
And the Lord said unto me: The planet which is the lesser light, lesser than that which is to rule the day, even the night, is above or greater than that upon which thou standest in point of reckoning, for it moveth in order more slow; this is in order because it standeth above the earth upon which thou standest, therefore the reckoning of its time is not so many as to its number of days, and of months, and of years.

Abr. 3:16
If two things exist, and there be one above the other, there shall be greater things above them; therefore Kolob is the greatest of all the Kokaubeam that thou hast seen, because it is nearest unto me.

Abr. 4:2
And the earth, after it was formed, was empty and desolate, because they had not formed anything but the earth; and darkness reigned upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of the Gods was brooding upon the face of the waters.

Abr. 5:3
And the Gods concluded upon the seventh time, because that on the seventh time they would rest from all their works which they (the Gods) counseled among themselves to form; and sanctified it. And thus were their decisions at the time that they counseled among themselves to form the heavens and the earth.

Abr. 5:17
And Adam said: This was bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; now she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man;

JS-M 1:10
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold;

JS-M 1:30
And again, because iniquity shall abound, the love of men shall wax cold; but he that shall not be overcome, the same shall be saved.

JS-H 1:27
I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty-- first of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all the time suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men, both religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I had seen a vision.