Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wife' occurs 484 times in the standard works.

236 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wife' in the standard works and contain 48.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 102 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 7:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 12:17-13:1 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 26:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Deut. 24:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Luke 20:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 7:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 36:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 25:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Judg. 13:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Mark 12:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 7:27 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 36:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:20-15:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:46-28:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 39:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 18:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 5:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 49:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 74:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:67-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 320 3 323
Gen. 104 2 106
Ex. 15 1 16
Lev. 16 0 16
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 26 0 26
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 27 0 27
Ruth 6 0 6
1 Sam. 19 0 19
2 Sam. 14 0 14
1 Kgs. 18 0 18
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 15 0 15
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 5 0 5
Ezek. 7 0 7
Hosea 4 0 4
Amos 1 0 1
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 87 0 87
BM 28 0 28
DC 17 0 17
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 484 3 487

1 Chr. 1:50
And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

1 Chr. 2:18
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

1 Chr. 2:24
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

1 Chr. 2:26
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

1 Chr. 2:29
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

1 Chr. 2:35
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

1 Chr. 3:3
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

1 Chr. 4:18
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

1 Chr. 4:19
And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

1 Chr. 7:15
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

1 Chr. 7:16
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chr. 7:23
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

1 Chr. 8:9
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

1 Chr. 8:29
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:

1 Chr. 9:35
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: