Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'times' occurs 226 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'times' in the standard works and contain 13.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 10:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 121:31 (3 in 1 verse)


Matt. 18:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

 18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.




Josh. 6:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 117 7 124
NT 29 10 39
Matt. 4 1 5
Mark 0 1 1
Luke 3 1 4
John 0 1 1
Acts 7 0 7
Rom. 1 1 2
2 Cor. 1 1 2
Gal. 2 0 2
Eph. 2 2 4
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 2 0 2
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 1 2
Heb. 1 1 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 34 1 35
DC 41 1 42
PGP 5 3 8
TOTAL 226 22 248

Matt. 16:3
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Matt. 17:15
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Matt. 18:21
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

Matt. 18:22
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.