Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'whether' occurs 248 times in the standard works.

81 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'whether' in the standard works and contain 32.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 13:18-20 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 2:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 14:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 13:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 20:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 42:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 27:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 22:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


Lev. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

 5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.




Num. 9:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 101 0 101
Gen. 8 0 8
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 21 0 21
Num. 10 0 10
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
Ruth 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 4 0 4
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 6 0 6
Song. 2 0 2
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 7 0 7
NT 70 0 70
BM 47 0 47
DC 30 0 30
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 248 0 248

Lev. 3:1
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

Lev. 5:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 5:2
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Lev. 7:26
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

Lev. 11:32
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

Lev. 11:35
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

Lev. 13:47
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

Lev. 13:48
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

Lev. 13:52
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

Lev. 13:55
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.

Lev. 15:3
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

Lev. 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Lev. 17:15
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Lev. 18:9
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Lev. 22:28
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

Lev. 27:12
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

Lev. 27:14
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Lev. 27:26
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's.

Lev. 27:30
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.

Lev. 27:33
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.