Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wherein' occurs 199 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wherein' in the standard works and contain 12.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 12:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 90:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Mal. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.




2 Pet. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 2 132
Gen. 8 0 8
Ex. 7 0 7
Lev. 10 1 11
Num. 7 1 8
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 4 0 4
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 7 0 7
Eccl. 5 0 5
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 13 0 13
Ezek. 10 0 10
Hosea 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 6 0 6
NT 37 2 39
BM 10 0 10
DC 18 0 18
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 199 4 203

Mal. 1:2
I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,

Mal. 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Mal. 1:7
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

Mal. 2:17
Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Mal. 3:7
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Mal. 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.