Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wise' occurs 324 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wise' in the standard works and contain 20.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 3:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:17-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 191 71 262
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 11 5 16
Lev. 3 1 4
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 8 5 13
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 5 6
1 Sam. 1 7 8
2 Sam. 3 3 6
1 Kgs. 6 3 9
1 Chr. 2 9 11
2 Chr. 1 4 5
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 2 2 4
Job 11 3 14
Ps. 7 7 14
Prov. 66 5 71
Eccl. 25 2 27
Isa. 7 1 8
Jer. 9 1 10
Ezek. 2 4 6
Dan. 16 0 16
Hosea 1 1 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 56 80 136
BM 40 28 68
DC 34 40 74
PGP 3 9 12
TOTAL 324 228 552

Jer. 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jer. 8:8
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

Jer. 8:9
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

Jer. 9:12
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

Jer. 9:23
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Jer. 10:7
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Jer. 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jer. 40:11
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

Jer. 50:35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Jer. 51:57
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.