Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wast' occurs 88 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wast' in the standard works and contain 34.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 16:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

Ezek. 28:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 90 148
NT 8 5 13
BM 12 18 30
1 Ne. 1 3 4
2 Ne. 3 7 10
Mosiah 0 2 2
Alma 7 1 8
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 1 4 5
DC 4 9 13
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 88 123 211

1 Ne. 20:8
Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

2 Ne. 3:1
And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

2 Ne. 22:1
And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

2 Ne. 24:3
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

Alma 31:15
Holy, holy God; we believe that thou art God, and we believe that thou art holy, and that thou wast a spirit, and that thou art a spirit, and that thou wilt be a spirit forever.

Alma 33:4
For he said: Thou art merciful, O God, for thou hast heard my prayer, even when I was in the wilderness; yea, thou wast merciful when I prayed concerning those who were mine enemies, and thou didst turn them to me.

Alma 33:5
Yea, O God, and thou wast merciful unto me when I did cry unto thee in my field; when I did cry unto thee in my prayer, and thou didst hear me.

Alma 33:10
Yea, and thou hast also heard me when I have been cast out and have been despised by mine enemies; yea, thou didst hear my cries, and wast angry with mine enemies, and thou didst visit them in thine anger with speedy destruction.

Alma 38:4
For I know that thou wast in bonds; yea, and I also know that thou wast stoned for the word's sake; and thou didst bear all these things with patience because the Lord was with thee; and now thou knowest that the Lord did deliver thee.

Alma 39:4
Yea, she did steal away the hearts of many; but this was no excuse for thee, my son. Thou shouldst have tended to the ministry wherewith thou wast entrusted.

3 Ne. 22:6
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.