Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'temple' occurs 246 times in the standard works.

107 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'temple' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 41 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 11:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

 11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.

 11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

 11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.




Acts 2:46-3:3 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 21:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Rev. 15:5-16:1 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 5:16 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezra 5:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Zech. 6:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 21:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 23:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 7:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

John 2:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 7 94
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 8 0 8
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Ezra 9 0 9
Neh. 3 0 3
Ps. 10 0 10
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 10 0 10
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 0 1 1
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 117 2 119
BM 22 9 31
DC 16 4 20
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 246 22 268

2 Kgs. 11:10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 11:11
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

2 Kgs. 11:13
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 18:16
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

2 Kgs. 23:4
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

2 Kgs. 24:13
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.