Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'twenty' occurs 372 times in the standard works.

159 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'twenty' in the standard works and contain 42.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 61 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (6 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 2:10 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 45:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:12 (3 in 1 verse)


Gen. 32:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

 32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.




2 Chr. 3:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:40-51:1 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 41:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:63 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:59 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:23-54:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 282 0 282
Gen. 11 0 11
Ex. 22 0 22
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 31 0 31
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 12 0 12
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 9 0 9
1 Kgs. 23 0 23
2 Kgs. 15 0 15
1 Chr. 31 0 31
2 Chr. 35 0 35
Ezra 19 0 19
Neh. 18 0 18
Esth. 3 0 3
Ps. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 35 0 35
Dan. 2 0 2
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 12 0 12
BM 57 0 57
DC 9 0 9
PGP 12 0 12
TOTAL 372 0 372

Gen. 6:3
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Gen. 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

Gen. 18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Gen. 23:1
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Gen. 31:38
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

Gen. 31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Gen. 32:14
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

Gen. 32:15
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

Gen. 37:28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.