Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'degrees' occurs 12 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'degrees' in the standard works and contain 75% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 20:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)


Isa. 38:8 (4 in 1 verse)

 38:8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
NT 0 0 0
BM 2 0 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 0 12

2 Kgs. 20:9
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

2 Kgs. 20:10
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

2 Kgs. 20:11
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.

Isa. 38:8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Mosiah 21:16
And it came to pass that they began to prosper by degrees in the land, and began to raise grain more abundantly, and flocks, and herds, that they did not suffer with hunger.

Alma 47:18
And it came to pass that Amalickiah caused that one of his servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died.

D&C 131:1
In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;