Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'first' occurs 698 times in the standard works.

201 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'first' in the standard works and contain 28.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:52-59 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 15:21-26 (6 in 6 verses)

Abr. 3:26-28 (5 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:60-63 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 29:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 10:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 1:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:36 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:98 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 27:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 8:13-9:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 28:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 40:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 40:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:1 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:108 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:36 (2 in 1 verse)

A of F 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:87-88 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:129-130 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 268 160 428
Gen. 14 21 35
Ex. 22 28 50
Lev. 15 8 23
Num. 64 26 90
Deut. 15 15 30
Josh. 4 3 7
Judg. 7 1 8
1 Sam. 2 3 5
2 Sam. 7 1 8
1 Kgs. 5 1 6
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 19 25 44
2 Chr. 17 2 19
Ezra 13 0 13
Neh. 3 7 10
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 2 1 3
Ps. 0 5 5
Prov. 1 1 2
Isa. 8 1 9
Jer. 10 2 12
Ezek. 14 3 17
Dan. 13 0 13
Hosea 2 1 3
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 3 1 4
NT 162 16 178
BM 140 8 148
DC 95 14 109
PGP 33 3 36
TOTAL 698 201 899

Lev. 2:12
As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Lev. 2:14
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

Lev. 4:21
And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

Lev. 5:8
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

Lev. 9:3
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

Lev. 9:15
And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

Lev. 12:6
And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

Lev. 14:10
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

Lev. 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.

Lev. 23:7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Lev. 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

Lev. 23:12
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

Lev. 23:17
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

Lev. 23:18
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.

Lev. 23:19
Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

Lev. 23:20
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

Lev. 23:24
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Lev. 23:35
On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Lev. 23:39
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Lev. 23:40
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

Lev. 27:26
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's.