Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wisdom' occurs 377 times in the standard works.

109 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wisdom' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 2:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:29-34 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 1:17-22 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 1:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

JS-H 1:11-13 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 57:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 9:15-10:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 1:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:35-36:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 49:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:118 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Kgs. 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.




2 Chr. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 38:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 89:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 181 0 181
Ex. 8 0 8
Deut. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 17 0 17
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 9 0 9
Ezra 1 0 1
Job 23 0 23
Ps. 8 0 8
Prov. 54 0 54
Eccl. 28 0 28
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 5 0 5
Dan. 11 0 11
Micah 1 0 1
NT 53 0 53
BM 59 0 59
DC 72 0 72
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 377 0 377

1 Kgs. 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

1 Kgs. 3:28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

1 Kgs. 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

1 Kgs. 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 4:34
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kgs. 5:12
And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.

1 Kgs. 7:14
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

1 Kgs. 10:4
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

1 Kgs. 10:6
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

1 Kgs. 10:7
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

1 Kgs. 10:8
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

1 Kgs. 10:23
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

1 Kgs. 10:24
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

1 Kgs. 11:41
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?