Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'concubines' occurs 30 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'concubines' in the standard works and contain 46.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
NT 0 0 0
BM 9 0 9
Jacob 4 0 4
Mosiah 4 0 4
Ether 1 0 1
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 30 0 30

Jacob 1:15
And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the reign of the second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, and indulge themselves somewhat in wicked practices, such as like unto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and also Solomon, his son.

Jacob 2:24
Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.

Jacob 2:27
Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 3:5
Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father-- that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

Mosiah 11:2
For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after the desires of his own heart. And he had many wives and concubines. And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that which was abominable in the sight of the Lord. Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness.

Mosiah 11:4
And all this did he take to support himself, and his wives and his concubines; and also his priests, and their wives and their concubines; thus he had changed the affairs of the kingdom.

Mosiah 11:14
And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his riches, and he spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his concubines; and so did also his priests spend their time with harlots.

Ether 10:5
And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that which was right in the sight of the Lord, for he did have many wives and concubines, and did lay that upon men's shoulders which was grievous to be borne; yea, he did tax them with heavy taxes; and with the taxes he did build many spacious buildings.