Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'whither' occurs 159 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'whither' in the standard works and contain 19.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 36:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 139:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:36 (2 in 1 verse)

John 21:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 102 23 125
NT 22 6 28
BM 32 12 44
1 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 1 4 5
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 10 3 13
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 4 1 5
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 5 1 6
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 3 8 11
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 159 49 208

Jacob 5:8
And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will; and it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself; wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will.

Jacob 5:13
And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard, whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do it that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree; and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself; for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.

Jacob 5:54
And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them. Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

Alma 21:16
And they went forth whithersoever they were led by the Spirit of the Lord, preaching the word of God in every synagogue of the Amalekites, or in every assembly of the Lamanites where they could be admitted.

Alma 26:6
Yea, they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day; yea, neither shall they be harrowed up by the whirlwinds; but when the storm cometh they shall be gathered together in their place, that the storm cannot penetrate to them; yea, neither shall they be driven with fierce winds whithersoever the enemy listeth to carry them.

Alma 37:36
Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.

Hel. 6:8
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did also go whithersoever they would, whether it were among the Lamanites or among the Nephites; and thus they did have free intercourse one with another, to buy and to sell, and to get gain, according to their desire.

3 Ne. 6:17
And thus, in the commencement of the thirtieth year-- the people having been delivered up for the space of a long time to be carried about by the temptations of the devil whithersoever he desired to carry them, and to do whatsoever iniquity he desired they should-- and thus in the commencement of this, the thirtieth year, they were in a state of awful wickedness.

Ether 7:25
And he did execute a law throughout all the land, which gave power unto the prophets that they should go whithersoever they would; and by this cause the people were brought unto repentance.

Moro. 1:3
And I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ; wherefore, I wander whithersoever I can for the safety of mine own life.

Moro. 9:16
And again, my son, there are many widows and their daughters who remain in Sherrizah; and that part of the provisions which the Lamanites did not carry away, behold, the army of Zenephi has carried away, and left them to wander whithersoever they can for food; and many old women do faint by the way and die.