Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wise' occurs 324 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wise' in the standard works and contain 20.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 29 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 3:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 29:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:17-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 191 71 262
NT 56 80 136
BM 40 28 68
DC 34 40 74
PGP 3 9 12
Moses 1 1 2
Abr. 1 1 2
JS-M 1 2 3
JS-H 0 5 5
TOTAL 324 228 552

Abr. 1:26
Pharaoh, being a righteous man, established his kingdom and judged his people wisely and justly all his days, seeking earnestly to imitate that order established by the fathers in the first generations, in the days of the first patriarchal reign, even in the reign of Adam, and also of Noah, his father, who blessed him with the blessings of the earth, and with the blessings of wisdom, but cursed him as pertaining to the Priesthood.

Abr. 2:23
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see her, they will say-- She is his wife; and they will kill you, but they will save her alive; therefore see that ye do on this wise: