Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forty' occurs 202 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forty' in the standard works and contain 31.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 2:12-3:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Deut. 9:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:66-68 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:34-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 134 0 134
NT 24 0 24
BM 36 0 36
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
Hel. 15 0 15
4 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 6 0 6
Ether 6 0 6
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 202 0 202

4 Ne. 1:6
And thus did the thirty and eighth year pass away, and also the thirty and ninth, and forty and first, and the forty and second, yea, even until forty and nine years had passed away, and also the fifty and first, and the fifty and second; yea, and even until fifty and nine years had passed away.

4 Ne. 1:40
And it came to pass that two hundred and forty and four years had passed away, and thus were the affairs of the people. And the more wicked part of the people did wax strong, and became exceedingly more numerous than were the people of God.