Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'because' occurs 2151 times in the standard works.

785 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'because' in the standard works and contain 36.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 320 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 13:12-26 (15 in 15 verses)

Hel. 13:14-28 (15 in 15 verses)

Hel. 13:16-30 (15 in 15 verses)

2 Ne. 28:8-14 (9 in 7 verses)

Jacob 3:5-10 (8 in 6 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-14 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 32:33-39 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 132:18-25 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 60:9-14 (7 in 6 verses)


Alma 33:11-17 (7 in 7 verses)

 33:11 And thou didst hear me because of mine afflictions and my sincerity; and it is because of thy Son that thou hast been thus merciful unto me, therefore I will cry unto thee in all mine afflictions, for in thee is my joy; for thou hast turned thy judgments away from me, because of thy Son.

 33:12 And now Alma said unto them: Do ye believe those scriptures which have been written by them of old?

 33:13 Behold, if ye do, ye must believe what Zenos said; for, behold he said: Thou hast turned away thy judgments because of thy Son.

 33:14 Now behold, my brethren, I would ask if ye have read the scriptures? If ye have, how can ye disbelieve on the Son of God?

 33:15 For it is not written that Zenos alone spake of these things, but Zenock also spake of these things--

 33:16 For behold, he said: Thou art angry, O Lord, with this people, because they will not understand thy mercies which thou hast bestowed upon them because of thy Son.

 33:17 And now, my brethren, ye see that a second prophet of old has testified of the Son of God, and because the people would not understand his words they stoned him to death.




Alma 32:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 10:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Hel. 7:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-13 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 19:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

Morm. 1:13-18 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 12:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 15:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

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