Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wisdom' occurs 377 times in the standard works.

109 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wisdom' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 2:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:29-34 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 1:17-22 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 1:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

JS-H 1:11-13 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 57:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 9:15-10:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 1:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:35-36:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 49:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:118 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 12:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 38:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 89:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 181 0 181
NT 53 0 53
BM 59 0 59
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 13 0 13
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 0 8
Alma 20 0 20
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 72 0 72
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 377 0 377

3 Ne. 21:4
For it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this land, and be set up as a free people by the power of the Father, that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel;

3 Ne. 21:10
But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.

3 Ne. 26:2
And he saith: These scriptures, which ye had not with you, the Father commanded that I should give unto you; for it was wisdom in him that they should be given unto future generations.

3 Ne. 28:29
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord seeth fit in his wisdom that they shall minister unto all the scattered tribes of Israel, and unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, and shall bring out of them unto Jesus many souls, that their desire may be fulfilled, and also because of the convincing power of God which is in them.

3 Ne. 29:1
And now behold, I say unto you that when the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles according to his word, then ye may know that the covenant which the Father hath made with the children of Israel, concerning their restoration to the lands of their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled.