Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'four' occurs 418 times in the standard works.

166 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'four' in the standard works and contain 39.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 67 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 1:5-10 (8 in 6 verses)

D&C 77:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 43:14-20 (7 in 7 verses)

Rev. 7:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:30-34 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 48:16 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 1:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 10:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 25:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:13 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 23:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)


1 Chr. 26:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

 26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

 26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.




Ezek. 40:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:14-6:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 27:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 48:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 9:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 135:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 26:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 36:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 274 163 437
Gen. 12 8 20
Ex. 36 16 52
Lev. 5 3 8
Num. 22 26 48
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 9 5 14
Judg. 7 2 9
1 Sam. 6 2 8
2 Sam. 2 4 6
1 Kgs. 20 8 28
2 Kgs. 2 9 11
1 Chr. 33 20 53
2 Chr. 7 12 19
Ezra 9 3 12
Neh. 8 5 13
Esth. 0 6 6
Job 2 1 3
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 5 0 5
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 2 2 4
Jer. 6 9 15
Ezek. 47 8 55
Dan. 14 7 21
Amos 8 0 8
Hag. 4 0 4
Zech. 6 4 10
NT 54 23 77
BM 48 31 79
DC 32 17 49
PGP 10 7 17
TOTAL 418 241 659

1 Chr. 2:14
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

1 Chr. 3:2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

1 Chr. 3:5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:

1 Chr. 3:15
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

1 Chr. 5:18
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

1 Chr. 7:1
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

1 Chr. 7:5
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

1 Chr. 7:7
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

1 Chr. 8:2
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

1 Chr. 9:24
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

1 Chr. 9:26
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

1 Chr. 12:10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

1 Chr. 12:26
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

1 Chr. 15:9
Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

1 Chr. 20:6
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

1 Chr. 21:5
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

1 Chr. 21:20
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

1 Chr. 23:4
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

1 Chr. 23:5
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

1 Chr. 23:10
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chr. 23:12
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1 Chr. 23:19
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chr. 24:8
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1 Chr. 24:13
The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1 Chr. 24:18
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

1 Chr. 24:23
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chr. 25:5
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

1 Chr. 25:7
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

1 Chr. 25:11
The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chr. 25:21
The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chr. 25:31
The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

1 Chr. 26:2
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chr. 26:4
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

1 Chr. 26:11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

1 Chr. 26:17
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

1 Chr. 26:18
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

1 Chr. 27:1
Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:2
Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:4
And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:5
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:7
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:8
The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:9
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:10
The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:11
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:12
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:13
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:14
The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:15
The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.