Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'therefore' occurs 2146 times in the standard works.

502 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'therefore' in the standard works and contain 23.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 226 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 132:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 36:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 10:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 2:35-39 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 30:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 9:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 17:34-36 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 29:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 2:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:127-129 (3 in 3 verses)

Hab. 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 11:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 11:28-12:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 24:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 46:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 57:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 7:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 7:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:22-10:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 117:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 31:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Matt. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.




Matt. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 15:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:16-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:41-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 881 0 881
NT 356 0 356
Matt. 49 0 49
Mark 14 0 14
Luke 37 0 37
John 77 0 77
Acts 39 0 39
Rom. 27 0 27
1 Cor. 21 0 21
2 Cor. 17 0 17
Gal. 6 0 6
Eph. 7 0 7
Philip. 6 0 6
Col. 4 0 4
1 Thes. 3 0 3
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 4 0 4
2 Tim. 6 0 6
Philem. 3 0 3
Heb. 15 0 15
James 4 0 4
1 Pet. 3 0 3
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 3 0 3
3 Jn. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 663 0 663
DC 215 0 215
PGP 31 0 31
TOTAL 2146 0 2146

Matt. 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Matt. 3:10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matt. 5:19
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 5:23
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Matt. 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Matt. 6:2
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matt. 6:8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Matt. 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matt. 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Matt. 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matt. 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matt. 6:31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Matt. 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Matt. 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Matt. 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Matt. 9:38
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Matt. 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matt. 10:26
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

Matt. 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matt. 10:32
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Matt. 12:27
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

Matt. 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Matt. 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Matt. 13:40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Matt. 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Matt. 14:2
And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Matt. 18:4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 18:23
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

Matt. 18:26
The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Matt. 19:6
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Matt. 19:27
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

Matt. 21:40
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

Matt. 21:43
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Matt. 22:9
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Matt. 22:17
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Matt. 22:21
They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Matt. 22:28
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

Matt. 23:3
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Matt. 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Matt. 23:20
Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

Matt. 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Matt. 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Matt. 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Matt. 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matt. 25:27
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Matt. 25:28
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

Matt. 27:17
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

Matt. 27:64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Matt. 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: