Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'why' occurs 366 times in the standard works.

114 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'why' in the standard works and contain 31.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 42:9-43:5 (8 in 8 verses)

Morm. 8:38-40 (5 in 3 verses)

Job 3:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-27 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 42:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 74:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 88:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 24:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:22 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:31-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 180 0 180
NT 102 0 102
Matt. 19 0 19
Mark 20 0 20
Luke 19 0 19
John 14 0 14
Acts 14 0 14
Rom. 6 0 6
1 Cor. 7 0 7
Gal. 2 0 2
Col. 1 0 1
BM 63 0 63
DC 8 0 8
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 366 0 366

1 Cor. 4:7
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

1 Cor. 6:7
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

1 Cor. 10:29
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

1 Cor. 10:30
For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

1 Cor. 15:29
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

1 Cor. 15:30
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?