Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cause' occurs 608 times in the standard works.

128 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cause' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 52 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 10:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 35:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 143:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:77 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 38:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 39:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jonah 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 127:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 278 1038 1316
Gen. 2 69 71
Ex. 11 24 35
Lev. 6 22 28
Num. 10 44 54
Deut. 10 57 67
Josh. 3 28 31
Judg. 0 28 28
1 Sam. 5 48 53
2 Sam. 4 30 34
1 Kgs. 9 39 48
2 Kgs. 1 23 24
1 Chr. 1 30 31
2 Chr. 5 51 56
Ezra 3 10 13
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 3 5 8
Job 15 37 52
Ps. 28 82 110
Prov. 13 15 28
Eccl. 4 13 17
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 21 52 73
Jer. 51 122 173
Lam. 4 18 22
Ezek. 44 90 134
Dan. 7 13 20
Hosea 2 20 22
Joel 2 7 9
Amos 3 12 15
Jonah 2 2 4
Micah 1 7 8
Nahum 0 2 2
Hab. 1 6 7
Zeph. 0 3 3
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 8 10
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 50 310 360
BM 214 958 1172
DC 56 123 179
PGP 10 45 55
TOTAL 608 2474 3082

Neh. 4:9
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Neh. 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Neh. 5:3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Neh. 5:9
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Neh. 5:15
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Neh. 5:18
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Neh. 6:6
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

Neh. 6:18
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

Neh. 8:7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

Neh. 8:8
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Neh. 8:12
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Neh. 9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Neh. 9:38
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

Neh. 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Neh. 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Neh. 13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.