Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lights' occurs 19 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 'lights' in the standard works and contain 47.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 1:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)


Abr. 4:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

 4:14 And the Gods organized the lights in the expanse of the heaven, and caused them to divide the day from the night; and organized them to be for signs and for seasons, and for days and for years;

 4:15 And organized them to be for lights in the expanse of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

 4:16 And the Gods organized the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; with the lesser light they set the stars also;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 7 13
NT 4 0 4
BM 1 8 9
DC 1 0 1
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 19 15 34

Gen. 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Gen. 1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Gen. 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

2 Sam. 1:24
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

1 Kgs. 6:4
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

Ps. 119:92
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Ps. 119:143
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Ps. 136:7
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Prov. 8:31
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Eccl. 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Song. 7:6
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

Ezek. 32:8
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

Mal. 3:12
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

Acts 20:8
And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

Philip. 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

2 Ne. 5:21
And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Ne. 30:6
And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.

2 Ne. 30:7
And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.

W of M 1:8
And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once again come to the knowledge of God, yea, the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.

Hel. 14:3
And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was day.

3 Ne. 24:12
And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of Hosts.

4 Ne. 1:10
And now, behold, it came to pass that the people of Nephi did wax strong, and did multiply exceedingly fast, and became an exceedingly fair and delightsome people.

Morm. 5:17
They were once a delightsome people, and they had Christ for their shepherd; yea, they were led even by God the Father.

Moro. 9:12
(And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil and a delightsome people)

D&C 67:9
For ye know that there is no unrighteousness in them, and that which is righteous cometh down from above, from the Father of lights.

Moses 2:14
And I, God, said: Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years;

Moses 2:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

Moses 2:16
And I, God, made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the greater light was the sun, and the lesser light was the moon; and the stars also were made even according to my word.

Abr. 3:13
And he said unto me: This is Shinehah, which is the sun. And he said unto me: Kokob, which is star. And he said unto me: Olea, which is the moon. And he said unto me: Kokaubeam, which signifies stars, or all the great lights, which were in the firmament of heaven.

Abr. 4:14
And the Gods organized the lights in the expanse of the heaven, and caused them to divide the day from the night; and organized them to be for signs and for seasons, and for days and for years;

Abr. 4:15
And organized them to be for lights in the expanse of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

Abr. 4:16
And the Gods organized the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; with the lesser light they set the stars also;