Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wife' occurs 484 times in the standard works.

236 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wife' in the standard works and contain 48.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 102 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 7:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 12:17-13:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 26:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Deut. 24:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Luke 20:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 7:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 36:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 25:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 13:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Mark 12:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 7:27 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 36:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:20-15:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:46-28:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 39:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 18:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 5:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 49:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 74:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:67-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 320 3 323
NT 87 0 87
BM 28 0 28
1 Ne. 6 0 6
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 5 0 5
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Ether 7 0 7
DC 17 0 17
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 484 3 487

1 Ne. 7:1
And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.

1 Ne. 7:6
And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the wilderness, behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael, and the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us; yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam, and their father, Ishmael, and his wife, and his three other daughters.

1 Ne. 16:7
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife.

1 Ne. 18:19
And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of much nourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of their mother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also my children, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that they would loose me.

Jacob 2:27
Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 3:5
Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father-- that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

Mosiah 2:5
And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his family, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and their sons, and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest, every family being separate one from another.

Mosiah 13:24
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Mosiah 25:12
And it came to pass that those who were the children of Amulon and his brethren, who had taken to wife the daughters of the Lamanites, were displeased with the conduct of their fathers, and they would no longer be called by the names of their fathers, therefore they took upon themselves the name of Nephi, that they might be called the children of Nephi and be numbered among those who were called Nephites.

Alma 17:24
And it came to pass that king Lamoni was much pleased with Ammon, and caused that his bands should be loosed; and he would that Ammon should take one of his daughters to wife.

Alma 18:43
And it came to pass that his servants took him and carried him in unto his wife, and laid him upon a bed; and he lay as if he were dead for the space of two days and two nights; and his wife, and his sons, and his daughters mourned over him, after the manner of the Lamanites, greatly lamenting his loss.

Alma 47:35
And it came to pass that Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife; and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants, he obtained the kingdom; yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites, and all the dissenters of the Nephites, from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.

Alma 54:11
But behold, it supposeth me that I talk to you concerning these things in vain; or it supposeth me that thou art a child of hell; therefore I will close my epistle by telling you that I will not exchange prisoners, save it be on conditions that ye will deliver up a man and his wife and his children, for one prisoner; if this be the case that ye will do it, I will exchange.

3 Ne. 12:31
It hath been written, that whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.

3 Ne. 12:32
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery; and whoso shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery.

3 Ne. 19:1
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had ascended into heaven, the multitude did disperse, and every man did take his wife and his children and did return to his own home.

3 Ne. 22:1
And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

3 Ne. 22:6
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

Ether 8:10
And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor; and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him, and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife; wherefore if he shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife, then shall ye say: I will give her if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.

Ether 8:11
And now Omer was a friend to Akish; wherefore, when Jared had sent for Akish, the daughter of Jared danced before him that she pleased him, insomuch that he desired her to wife. And it came to pass that he said unto Jared: Give her unto me to wife.

Ether 9:4
And it came to pass that Jared was anointed king over the people, by the hand of wickedness; and he gave unto Akish his daughter to wife.

Ether 9:24
And it came to pass that his wife died, being an hundred and two years old. And it came to pass that Coriantum took to wife, in his old age, a young maid, and begat sons and daughters; wherefore he lived until he was an hundred and forty and two years old.