Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wisely' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wisely' in the standard works and contain 11.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

 18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 0 13
NT 1 0 1
BM 0 0 0
DC 2 0 2
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 17 0 17

Ex. 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

1 Sam. 18:5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Sam. 18:14
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

1 Sam. 18:15
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

1 Sam. 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

2 Chr. 11:23
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

Ps. 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Ps. 64:9
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

Ps. 101:2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Prov. 16:20
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

Prov. 21:12
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Prov. 28:26
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Eccl. 7:10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

D&C 19:41
Or canst thou be humble and meek, and conduct thyself wisely before me? Yea, come unto me thy Savior. Amen.

D&C 72:3
And verily in this thing ye have done wisely, for it is required of the Lord, at the hand of every steward, to render an account of his stewardship, both in time and in eternity.

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.