Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'two' occurs 1008 times in the standard works.

438 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'two' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 159 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 39:16-20 (13 in 5 verses)

Ex. 26:17-27 (13 in 11 verses)

Ex. 28:23-27 (12 in 5 verses)

Ex. 36:22-30 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:41-42 (8 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:17-23 (8 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 4:12-13 (7 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 41:18-24 (7 in 7 verses)

Abr. 3:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Neh. 7:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 28:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 37:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 18:43-19:5 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:5-6 (5 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 23:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezra 2:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 48:17 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:39-40 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)


Deut. 9:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

 9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

 9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.

 9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.




1 Kgs. 6:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 28:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 4:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 25:35 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 23:23 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 29:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:71-72 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 17:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:66-68 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 135:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 1:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 60:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 62:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 696 12 708
Gen. 54 0 54
Ex. 112 2 114
Lev. 36 0 36
Num. 77 0 77
Deut. 20 0 20
Josh. 17 0 17
Judg. 20 0 20
Ruth 8 0 8
1 Sam. 29 0 29
2 Sam. 19 0 19
1 Kgs. 55 5 60
2 Kgs. 38 0 38
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 33 0 33
Ezra 28 0 28
Neh. 33 0 33
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 2 1 3
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 8 1 9
Jer. 10 2 12
Ezek. 32 0 32
Dan. 11 0 11
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 4 0 4
Zech. 9 0 9
NT 139 3 142
BM 103 3 106
DC 44 1 45
PGP 26 0 26
TOTAL 1008 19 1027

Deut. 3:8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

Deut. 3:21
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

Deut. 4:13
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Deut. 4:47
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Deut. 5:22
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

Deut. 9:10
And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

Deut. 9:11
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Deut. 9:15
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

Deut. 9:17
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

Deut. 10:1
At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

Deut. 10:3
And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

Deut. 14:6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

Deut. 17:6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deut. 18:3
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

Deut. 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

Deut. 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Deut. 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?