Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'old' occurs 520 times in the standard works.

148 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'old' in the standard works and contain 28.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 56 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:45-52 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (7 in 5 verses)

Luke 5:36-39 (5 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Josh. 9:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 13:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 63:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 102:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 328 2183 2511
NT 52 538 590
BM 91 1917 2008
DC 42 599 641
PGP 7 100 107
TOTAL 520 5337 5857

D&C 1:16
They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.

D&C 8:1
Oliver Cowdery, verily, verily, I say unto you, that assuredly as the Lord liveth, who is your God and your Redeemer, even so surely shall you receive a knowledge of whatsoever things you shall ask in faith, with an honest heart, believing that you shall receive a knowledge concerning the engravings of old records, which are ancient, which contain those parts of my scripture of which has been spoken by the manifestation of my Spirit.

D&C 17:2
And it is by your faith that you shall obtain a view of them, even by that faith which was had by the prophets of old.

D&C 20:11
Proving to the world that the holy scriptures are true, and that God does inspire men and call them to his holy work in this age and generation, as well as in generations of old;

D&C 22:1
Behold, I say unto you that all old covenants have I caused to be done away in this thing; and this is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning.

D&C 22:3
For it is because of your dead works that I have caused this last covenant and this church to be built up unto me, even as in days of old.

D&C 29:24
For all old things shall pass away, and all things shall become new, even the heaven and the earth, and all the fulness thereof, both men and beasts, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea;

D&C 33:8
Open your mouths and they shall be filled, and you shall become even as Nephi of old, who journeyed from Jerusalem in the wilderness.

D&C 35:6
But now I give unto thee a commandment, that thou shalt baptize by water, and they shall receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, even as the apostles of old.

D&C 38:39
And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old.

D&C 41:11
And this because his heart is pure before me, for he is like unto Nathanael of old, in whom there is no guile.

D&C 43:20
Lift up your voices and spare not. Call upon the nations to repent, both old and young, both bond and free, saying: Prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord;

D&C 45:10
Wherefore, come ye unto it, and with him that cometh I will reason as with men in days of old, and I will show unto you my strong reasoning.

D&C 45:15
Wherefore, hearken and I will reason with you, and I will speak unto you and prophesy, as unto men in days of old.

D&C 49:11
Wherefore, I give unto you a commandment that ye go among this people, and say unto them, like unto mine apostle of old, whose name was Peter:

D&C 61:13
And now, behold, for your good I gave unto you a commandment concerning these things; and I, the Lord, will reason with you as with men in days of old.

D&C 63:49
Yea, and blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, from henceforth, when the Lord shall come, and old things shall pass away, and all things become new, they shall rise from the dead and shall not die after, and shall receive an inheritance before the Lord, in the holy city.

D&C 63:51
Wherefore, children shall grow up until they become old; old men shall die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

D&C 64:8
My disciples, in days of old, sought occasion against one another and forgave not one another in their hearts; and for this evil they were afflicted and sorely chastened.

D&C 66:2
Verily I say unto you, blessed are you for receiving mine everlasting covenant, even the fulness of my gospel, sent forth unto the children of men, that they might have life and be made partakers of the glories which are to be revealed in the last days, as it was written by the prophets and apostles in days of old.

D&C 68:25
And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.

D&C 68:27
And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands.

D&C 76:7
And to them will I reveal all mysteries, yea, all the hidden mysteries of my kingdom from days of old, and for ages to come, will I make known unto them the good pleasure of my will concerning all things pertaining to my kingdom.

D&C 76:28
And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should write the vision; for we beheld Satan, that old serpent, even the devil, who rebelled against God, and sought to take the kingdom of our God and his Christ--

D&C 84:28
For he was baptized while he was yet in his childhood, and was ordained by the angel of God at the time he was eight days old unto this power, to overthrow the kingdom of the Jews, and to make straight the way of the Lord before the face of his people, to prepare them for the coming of the Lord, in whose hand is given all power.

D&C 84:105
And if any man shall give unto any of you a coat, or a suit, take the old and cast it unto the poor, and go on your way rejoicing.

D&C 88:110
And so on, until the seventh angel shall sound his trump; and he shall stand forth upon the land and upon the sea, and swear in the name of him who sitteth upon the throne, that there shall be time no longer; and Satan shall be bound, that old serpent, who is called the devil, and shall not be loosed for the space of a thousand years.

D&C 101:30
In that day an infant shall not die until he is old; and his life shall be as the age of a tree;

D&C 107:45
God called upon Cainan in the wilderness in the fortieth year of his age; and he met Adam in journeying to the place Shedolamak. He was eighty-seven years old when he received his ordination.

D&C 107:46
Mahalaleel was four hundred and ninety-six years and seven days old when he was ordained by the hand of Adam, who also blessed him.

D&C 107:47
Jared was two hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam, who also blessed him.

D&C 107:48
Enoch was twenty-five years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam; and he was sixty-five and Adam blessed him.

D&C 107:49
And he saw the Lord, and he walked with him, and was before his face continually; and he walked with God three hundred and sixty-five years, making him four hundred and thirty years old when he was translated.

D&C 107:50
Methuselah was one hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam.

D&C 107:51
Lamech was thirty-two years old when he was ordained under the hand of Seth.

D&C 107:52
Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah.

D&C 128:21
And again, the voice of God in the chamber of old Father Whitmer, in Fayette, Seneca county, and at sundry times, and in divers places through all the travels and tribulations of this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! And the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood; giving line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little; giving us consolation by holding forth that which is to come, confirming our hope!

D&C 130:3
John 14:23-- The appearing of the Father and the Son, in that verse, is a personal appearance; and the idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man's heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.

D&C 130:15
Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art eighty-five years old, thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man; therefore let this suffice, and trouble me no more on this matter.

D&C 133:53
In all their afflictions he was afflicted. And the angel of his presence saved them; and in his love, and in his pity, he redeemed them, and bore them, and carried them all the days of old;

D&C 135:6
Hyrum Smith was forty-four years old in February, 1844, and Joseph Smith was thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward their names will be classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth for the salvation of a ruined world; and that if the fire can scathe a green tree for the glory of God, how easy it will burn up the dry trees to purify the vineyard of corruption. They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified.