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)

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

John 1:31
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

John 2:22
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

John 4:1
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

John 4:6
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

John 4:33
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

John 5:10
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

John 6:13
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

John 6:15
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

John 6:24
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

John 6:30
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

John 6:43
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

John 6:45
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

John 6:52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

John 6:65
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

John 7:3
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

John 7:22
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

John 7:40
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

John 8:13
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

John 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:36
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

John 8:47
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

John 9:7
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

John 9:8
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

John 9:10
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

John 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

John 9:23
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

John 9:41
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

John 10:17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

John 10:19
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

John 10:39
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

John 11:3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

John 11:6
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

John 11:33
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

John 11:54
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

John 12:9
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

John 12:17
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

John 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

John 12:21
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

John 12:29
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

John 12:39
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

John 13:11
For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

John 13:24
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

John 13:31
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

John 16:15
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

John 16:18
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

John 16:22
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

John 18:4
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

John 18:8
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

John 18:25
And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

John 18:31
Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

John 18:37
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

John 18:39
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

John 19:1
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

John 19:4
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

John 19:6
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

John 19:8
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

John 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

John 19:13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

John 19:16
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

John 19:24
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

John 19:26
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:38
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

John 19:42
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

John 20:3
Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

John 20:25
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

John 21:6
And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

John 21:7
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.