Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thousand' occurs 603 times in the standard works.

394 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thousand' in the standard works and contain 65.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 150 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 48:8-35 (28 in 28 verses)

Num. 31:32-46 (17 in 15 verses)

Rev. 7:4-8 (13 in 5 verses)


Morm. 6:10-15 (10 in 6 verses)

 6:10 And it came to pass that my men were hewn down, yea, even my ten thousand who were with me, and I fell wounded in the midst; and they passed by me that they did not put an end to my life.

 6:11 And when they had gone through and hewn down all my people save it were twenty and four of us, (among whom was my son Moroni) and we having survived the dead of our people, did behold on the morrow, when the Lamanites had returned unto their camps, from the top of the hill Cumorah, the ten thousand of my people who were hewn down, being led in the front by me.

 6:12 And we also beheld the ten thousand of my people who were led by my son Moroni.

 6:13 And behold, the ten thousand of Gidgiddonah had fallen, and he also in the midst.

 6:14 And Lamah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Gilgal had fallen with his ten thousand; and Limhah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Jeneum had fallen with his ten thousand; and Cumenihah, and Moronihah, and Antionum, and Shiblom, and Shem, and Josh, had fallen with their ten thousand each.

 6:15 And it came to pass that there were ten more who did fall by the sword, with their ten thousand each; yea, even all my people, save it were those twenty and four who were with me, and also a few who had escaped into the south countries, and a few who had deserted over unto the Lamanites, had fallen; and their flesh, and bones, and blood lay upon the face of the earth, being left by the hands of those who slew them to molder upon the land, and to crumble and to return to their mother earth.




Num. 2:23-32 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 2:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Chr. 12:29-37 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Chr. 2:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 45:1-6 (8 in 6 verses)

Neh. 7:66-72 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 77:6-12 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Chr. 29:4-7 (7 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 13:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 5:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 38:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 17:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 21:5 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:24 (4 in 1 verse)

Job 42:12 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 18:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 35:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 47:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 12:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:10 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:14 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:21 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:32-27:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 25:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:67-69 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:108-110 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:59-61 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 24:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:63 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 17:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 466 58 524
NT 54 4 58
BM 55 42 97
1 Ne. 0 1 1
2 Ne. 2 0 2
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 1 2 3
Alma 33 27 60
Hel. 2 3 5
3 Ne. 2 5 7
Morm. 15 2 17
Ether 0 1 1
DC 20 5 25
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 603 110 713

Morm. 1:11
And it came to pass that the Nephites had gathered together a great number of men, even to exceed the number of thirty thousand. And it came to pass that they did have in this same year a number of battles, in which the Nephites did beat the Lamanites and did slay many of them.

Morm. 2:9
And now, the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand. And behold, I withstood him with forty and two thousand. And it came to pass that I beat him with my army that he fled before me. And behold, all this was done, and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.

Morm. 2:15
And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land. And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away.

Morm. 2:25
And it came to pass that we did contend with an army of thirty thousand against an army of fifty thousand. And it came to pass that we did stand before them with such firmness that they did flee from before us.

Morm. 4:9
And now all these things had been done, and there had been thousands slain on both sides, both the Nephites and the Lamanites.

Morm. 6:10
And it came to pass that my men were hewn down, yea, even my ten thousand who were with me, and I fell wounded in the midst; and they passed by me that they did not put an end to my life.

Morm. 6:11
And when they had gone through and hewn down all my people save it were twenty and four of us, (among whom was my son Moroni) and we having survived the dead of our people, did behold on the morrow, when the Lamanites had returned unto their camps, from the top of the hill Cumorah, the ten thousand of my people who were hewn down, being led in the front by me.

Morm. 6:12
And we also beheld the ten thousand of my people who were led by my son Moroni.

Morm. 6:13
And behold, the ten thousand of Gidgiddonah had fallen, and he also in the midst.

Morm. 6:14
And Lamah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Gilgal had fallen with his ten thousand; and Limhah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Jeneum had fallen with his ten thousand; and Cumenihah, and Moronihah, and Antionum, and Shiblom, and Shem, and Josh, had fallen with their ten thousand each.

Morm. 6:15
And it came to pass that there were ten more who did fall by the sword, with their ten thousand each; yea, even all my people, save it were those twenty and four who were with me, and also a few who had escaped into the south countries, and a few who had deserted over unto the Lamanites, had fallen; and their flesh, and bones, and blood lay upon the face of the earth, being left by the hands of those who slew them to molder upon the land, and to crumble and to return to their mother earth.