Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'reason' occurs 102 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'reason' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 50:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 35:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 8 60
NT 19 19 38
BM 19 2 21
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 1 2
Alma 9 0 9
Hel. 2 1 3
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 9 9 18
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 102 38 140

Alma 24:26
And it came to pass that the people of God were joined that day by more than the number who had been slain; and those who had been slain were righteous people, therefore we have no reason to doubt but what they were saved.

Alma 26:1
And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which say thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we started from the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?

Alma 26:13
Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?

Alma 26:14
Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.

Alma 26:35
Now have we not reason to rejoice? Yea, I say unto you, there never were men that had so great reason to rejoice as we, since the world began; yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God; for he has all power, all wisdom, and all understanding; he comprehendeth all things, and he is a merciful Being, even unto salvation, to those who will repent and believe on his name.

Alma 28:11
And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth, while the bodies of many thousands are moldering in heaps upon the face of the earth; yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred, because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are consigned to a state of endless wo.

Alma 28:14
And thus we see the great call of diligence of men to labor in the vineyards of the Lord; and thus we see the great reason of sorrow, and also of rejoicing-- sorrow because of death and destruction among men, and joy because of the light of Christ unto life.

Alma 33:20
But few understood the meaning of those things, and this because of the hardness of their hearts. But there were many who were so hardened that they would not look, therefore they perished. Now the reason they would not look is because they did not believe that it would heal them.