Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'years' occurs 767 times in the standard works.

391 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'years' in the standard works and contain 51% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 154 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 5:3-23 (21 in 21 verses)

Moses 6:10-25 (19 in 16 verses)

Gen. 11:10-26 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 107:42-53 (13 in 12 verses)

Moses 8:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 25:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 41:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 10:29-32 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:50-54 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 47:9 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 90:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 27:8-28:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 21:19-22:2 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 2:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:11 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 5:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:36-24:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 26:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Omni 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:108-110 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:3 (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)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 16:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:31-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:38-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:21-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Luke 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.




Luke 8:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 481 0 481
NT 58 0 58
Matt. 2 0 2
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 14 0 14
John 3 0 3
Acts 16 0 16
Rom. 2 0 2
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 4 0 4
1 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 4 0 4
James 1 0 1
2 Pet. 2 0 2
Rev. 6 0 6
BM 134 0 134
DC 49 0 49
PGP 45 0 45
TOTAL 767 0 767

Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

Luke 2:37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 2:42
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

Luke 3:23
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

Luke 4:25
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Luke 8:42
For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

Luke 8:43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 13:7
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

Luke 13:11
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

Luke 13:16
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Luke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: