Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wo' occurs 112 times in the standard works.

62 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wo' in the standard works and contain 55.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 25 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:30-38 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 28:24-29 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 13:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 9:2 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:15-16 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 7:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:94-95 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 4083 4083
NT 0 1617 1617
BM 88 2589 2677
1 Ne. 3 216 219
2 Ne. 34 313 347
Jacob 2 81 83
Enos 0 12 12
Jarom 0 9 9
Omni 0 16 16
W of M 0 6 6
Mosiah 7 265 272
Alma 5 941 946
Hel. 16 177 193
3 Ne. 12 225 237
4 Ne. 0 19 19
Morm. 2 80 82
Ether 1 171 172
Moro. 6 58 64
DC 19 855 874
PGP 5 204 209
TOTAL 112 9348 9460

4 Ne. 1:5
And there were great and marvelous works wrought by the disciples of Jesus, insomuch that they did heal the sick, and raise the dead, and cause the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear; and all manner of miracles did they work among the children of men; and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus.

4 Ne. 1:12
And they did not walk any more after the performances and ordinances of the law of Moses; but they did walk after the commandments which they had received from their Lord and their God, continuing in fasting and prayer, and in meeting together oft both to pray and to hear the word of the Lord.

4 Ne. 1:22
And it came to pass that two hundred years had passed away; and the second generation had all passed away save it were a few.

4 Ne. 1:23
And now I, Mormon, would that ye should know that the people had multiplied, insomuch that they were spread upon all the face of the land, and that they had become exceedingly rich, because of their prosperity in Christ.

4 Ne. 1:24
And now, in this two hundred and first year there began to be among them those who were lifted up in pride, such as the wearing of costly apparel, and all manner of fine pearls, and of the fine things of the world.

4 Ne. 1:27
And it came to pass that when two hundred and ten years had passed away there were many churches in the land; yea, there were many churches which professed to know the Christ, and yet they did deny the more parts of his gospel, insomuch that they did receive all manner of wickedness, and did administer that which was sacred unto him to whom it had been forbidden because of unworthiness.

4 Ne. 1:30
Therefore they did exercise power and authority over the disciples of Jesus who did tarry with them, and they did cast them into prison; but by the power of the word of God, which was in them, the prisons were rent in twain, and they went forth doing mighty miracles among them.

4 Ne. 1:31
Nevertheless, and notwithstanding all these miracles, the people did harden their hearts, and did seek to kill them, even as the Jews at Jerusalem sought to kill Jesus, according to his word.

4 Ne. 1:34
Nevertheless, the people did harden their hearts, for they were led by many priests and false prophets to build up many churches, and to do all manner of iniquity. And they did smite upon the people of Jesus; but the people of Jesus did not smite again. And thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year, even until two hundred and thirty years had passed away.

4 Ne. 1:35
And now it came to pass in this year, yea, in the two hundred and thirty and first year, there was a great division among the people.

4 Ne. 1:37
Therefore the true believers in Christ, and the true worshipers of Christ, (among whom were the three disciples of Jesus who should tarry) were called Nephites, and Jacobites, and Josephites, and Zoramites.

4 Ne. 1:40
And it came to pass that two hundred and forty and four years had passed away, and thus were the affairs of the people. And the more wicked part of the people did wax strong, and became exceedingly more numerous than were the people of God.

4 Ne. 1:41
And they did still continue to build up churches unto themselves, and adorn them with all manner of precious things. And thus did two hundred and fifty years pass away, and also two hundred and sixty years.

4 Ne. 1:44
And from this time the disciples began to sorrow for the sins of the world.