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
DC 17 0 17
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 484 3 487

Gen. 35:17
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

Gen. 38:28
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

Ex. 1:16
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.