Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'years' occurs 767 times in the standard works.

391 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'years' in the standard works and contain 51% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 154 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 5:3-23 (21 in 21 verses)

Moses 6:10-25 (19 in 16 verses)

Gen. 11:10-26 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 107:42-53 (13 in 12 verses)

Moses 8:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 25:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 41:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 10:29-32 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:50-54 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 47:9 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 90:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 27:8-28:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 21:19-22:2 (4 in 4 verses)


3 Ne. 2:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

 2:5 And also an hundred years had passed away since the days of Mosiah, who was king over the people of the Nephites.

 2:6 And six hundred and nine years had passed away since Lehi left Jerusalem.

 2:7 And nine years had passed away from the time when the sign was given, which was spoken of by the prophets, that Christ should come into the world.

 2:8 Now the Nephites began to reckon their time from this period when the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ; therefore, nine years had passed away.




Ether 9:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:11 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 5:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:36-24:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 26:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Omni 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:108-110 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 16:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:31-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:38-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:21-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 481 0 481
NT 58 0 58
BM 134 0 134
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jacob 4 0 4
Enos 2 0 2
Jarom 2 0 2
Omni 3 0 3
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 14 0 14
Alma 14 0 14
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 15 0 15
4 Ne. 15 0 15
Morm. 13 0 13
Ether 26 0 26
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 49 0 49
PGP 45 0 45
TOTAL 767 0 767

3 Ne. 1:1
Now it came to pass that the ninety and first year had passed away and it was six hundred years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; and it was in the year that Lachoneus was the chief judge and the governor over the land.

3 Ne. 1:18
For they knew that the prophets had testified of these things for many years, and that the sign which had been given was already at hand; and they began to fear because of their iniquity and their unbelief.

3 Ne. 1:29
And there was also a cause of much sorrow among the Lamanites; for behold, they had many children who did grow up and began to wax strong in years, that they became for themselves, and were led away by some who were Zoramites, by their lyings and their flattering words, to join those Gadianton robbers.

3 Ne. 2:5
And also an hundred years had passed away since the days of Mosiah, who was king over the people of the Nephites.

3 Ne. 2:6
And six hundred and nine years had passed away since Lehi left Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 2:7
And nine years had passed away from the time when the sign was given, which was spoken of by the prophets, that Christ should come into the world.

3 Ne. 2:8
Now the Nephites began to reckon their time from this period when the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ; therefore, nine years had passed away.

3 Ne. 4:4
Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain food, save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites; and the Nephites being in one body, and having so great a number, and having reserved for themselves provisions, and horses and cattle, and flocks of every kind, that they might subsist for the space of seven years, in the which time they did hope to destroy the robbers from off the face of the land; and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.

3 Ne. 5:7
And thus had the twenty and second year passed away, and the twenty and third year also, and the twenty and fourth, and the twenty and fifth; and thus had twenty and five years passed away.

3 Ne. 5:8
And there had many things transpired which, in the eyes of some, would be great and marvelous; nevertheless, they cannot all be written in this book; yea, this book cannot contain even a hundredth part of what was done among so many people in the space of twenty and five years;

3 Ne. 6:4
And they began again to prosper and to wax great; and the twenty and sixth and seventh years passed away, and there was great order in the land; and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice.

3 Ne. 6:16
And thus Satan did lead away the hearts of the people to do all manner of iniquity; therefore they had enjoyed peace but a few years.

3 Ne. 7:8
And thus six years had not passed away since the more part of the people had turned from their righteousness, like the dog to his vomit, or like the sow to her wallowing in the mire.

3 Ne. 24:4
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

3 Ne. 28:3
And he said unto them: Blessed are ye because ye desired this thing of me; therefore, after that ye are seventy and two years old ye shall come unto me in my kingdom; and with me ye shall find rest.