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)

 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

 29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

 29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.




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
Gen. 47 0 47
Ex. 21 0 21
Lev. 24 0 24
Num. 21 0 21
Deut. 40 0 40
Josh. 35 0 35
Judg. 21 0 21
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 49 0 49
2 Sam. 37 0 37
1 Kgs. 28 0 28
2 Kgs. 34 0 34
1 Chr. 20 0 20
2 Chr. 36 0 36
Ezra 7 0 7
Neh. 14 0 14
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 22 0 22
Ps. 43 0 43
Prov. 12 0 12
Eccl. 7 0 7
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 73 0 73
Jer. 101 0 101
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 88 0 88
Dan. 20 0 20
Hosea 21 0 21
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 12 0 12
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 11 0 11
Hab. 5 0 5
Zeph. 3 0 3
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 356 0 356
BM 663 0 663
DC 215 0 215
PGP 31 0 31
TOTAL 2146 0 2146

Gen. 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Gen. 3:23
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Gen. 4:15
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Gen. 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Gen. 12:12
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

Gen. 12:19
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Gen. 17:9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Gen. 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Gen. 18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Gen. 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Gen. 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Gen. 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Gen. 20:7
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Gen. 20:8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Gen. 21:23
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Gen. 23:15
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Gen. 24:65
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.

Gen. 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

Gen. 26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

Gen. 27:3
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

Gen. 27:8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Gen. 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Gen. 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Gen. 29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Gen. 29:32
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Gen. 29:33
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

Gen. 29:34
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

Gen. 29:35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Gen. 30:6
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Gen. 30:15
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

Gen. 31:44
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

Gen. 31:48
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

Gen. 32:32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Gen. 33:10
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Gen. 33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Gen. 34:21
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Gen. 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Gen. 38:29
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

Gen. 41:33
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Gen. 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Gen. 42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

Gen. 44:30
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

Gen. 44:33
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

Gen. 45:5
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Gen. 47:4
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Gen. 50:5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

Gen. 50:21
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.