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)

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)

Hel. 4:12-14 (5 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:27-29 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 29:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 62:40-44 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 23:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 50:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:19-2:1 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 59:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 23:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 32:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 14:12-15:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 28:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 16:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 26:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 38:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 14:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

John 16:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 4:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 26:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 49:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 37:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 55:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 107:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 34:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:41 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 33:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:53 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 64:43 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:54 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:66 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 116:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 4:19-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

John 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

James 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 44:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 31:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 908 0 908
Gen. 65 0 65
Ex. 20 0 20
Lev. 21 0 21
Num. 37 0 37
Deut. 55 0 55
Josh. 28 0 28
Judg. 27 0 27
1 Sam. 44 0 44
2 Sam. 29 0 29
1 Kgs. 35 0 35
2 Kgs. 22 0 22
1 Chr. 28 0 28
2 Chr. 46 0 46
Ezra 9 0 9
Neh. 11 0 11
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 28 0 28
Ps. 72 0 72
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 13 0 13
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 46 0 46
Jer. 102 0 102
Lam. 13 0 13
Ezek. 68 0 68
Dan. 12 0 12
Hosea 19 0 19
Joel 7 0 7
Amos 9 0 9
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 7 0 7
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 6 0 6
Zeph. 3 0 3
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 0 7
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 301 0 301
BM 799 0 799
DC 110 0 110
PGP 33 0 33
TOTAL 2151 0 2151

Gen. 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Gen. 2:23
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Gen. 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

Gen. 3:14
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Gen. 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Gen. 3:20
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Gen. 5:29
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

Gen. 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Gen. 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Gen. 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Gen. 12:17
And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

Gen. 16:11
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

Gen. 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Gen. 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

Gen. 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Gen. 20:18
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Gen. 21:11
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

Gen. 21:12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Gen. 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Gen. 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Gen. 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Gen. 22:16
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

Gen. 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Gen. 25:21
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Gen. 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Gen. 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Gen. 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Gen. 26:9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Gen. 26:20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Gen. 27:20
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.

Gen. 27:23
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Gen. 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

Gen. 27:46
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

Gen. 28:11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Gen. 29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Gen. 29:33
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

Gen. 29:34
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

Gen. 30:18
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

Gen. 30:20
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

Gen. 31:30
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Gen. 31:31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

Gen. 32:32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Gen. 33:11
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

Gen. 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

Gen. 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Gen. 34:19
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

Gen. 34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Gen. 35:7
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Gen. 36:7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

Gen. 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Gen. 38:15
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

Gen. 38:26
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Gen. 39:9
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Gen. 39:23
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Gen. 41:32
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Gen. 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Gen. 43:18
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Gen. 43:32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Gen. 46:30
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Gen. 47:20
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

Gen. 49:4
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.