Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'where' occurs 513 times in the standard works.

127 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'where' in the standard works and contain 24.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 6:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 22:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 38:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 33:18 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 1:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:25 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 35:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 14:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 12:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:84 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:57-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 264 617 881
Gen. 25 33 58
Ex. 13 28 41
Lev. 7 28 35
Num. 6 57 63
Deut. 7 27 34
Josh. 4 19 23
Judg. 8 19 27
Ruth 6 1 7
1 Sam. 18 44 62
2 Sam. 12 29 41
1 Kgs. 6 25 31
2 Kgs. 11 23 34
1 Chr. 4 6 10
2 Chr. 3 28 31
Ezra 3 1 4
Neh. 2 7 9
Esth. 2 7 9
Job 26 20 46
Ps. 15 28 43
Prov. 6 1 7
Eccl. 4 10 14
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 23 25 48
Jer. 19 54 73
Lam. 1 3 4
Ezek. 17 52 69
Dan. 1 13 14
Hosea 2 3 5
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 1 1 2
Jonah 0 2 2
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 2 3
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 3 10 13
NT 137 244 381
BM 45 479 524
DC 52 257 309
PGP 15 44 59
TOTAL 513 1641 2154

Ex. 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Ex. 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Ex. 2:20
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

Ex. 3:5
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Ex. 3:9
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

Ex. 4:17
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

Ex. 5:4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

Ex. 5:11
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

Ex. 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

Ex. 5:15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Ex. 5:22
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

Ex. 6:4
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Ex. 6:6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

Ex. 8:21
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

Ex. 9:26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

Ex. 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

Ex. 12:13
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

Ex. 12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Ex. 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

Ex. 14:15
And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

Ex. 15:27
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Ex. 16:32
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Ex. 17:2
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

Ex. 17:3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

Ex. 17:5
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

Ex. 18:5
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

Ex. 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Ex. 18:20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Ex. 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Ex. 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Ex. 20:24
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Ex. 22:27
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Ex. 27:18
The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

Ex. 29:33
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

Ex. 29:42
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

Ex. 30:6
And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

Ex. 30:36
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

Ex. 31:16
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Ex. 32:12
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Ex. 33:16
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.