Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'night' occurs 426 times in the standard works.

111 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'night' in the standard works and contain 26.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 14:3-4 (6 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

Abr. 4:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 13:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 21:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 5:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)


Alma 57:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

 57:8 And now behold, I will show unto you that we soon accomplished our desire; yea, with our strong force, or with a part of our strong force, we did surround, by night, the city Cumeni, a little before they were to receive a supply of provisions.

 57:9 And it came to pass that we did camp round about the city for many nights; but we did sleep upon our swords, and keep guards, that the Lamanites could not come upon us by night and slay us, which they attempted many times; but as many times as they attempted this their blood was spilt.

 57:10 At length their provisions did arrive, and they were about to enter the city by night. And we, instead of being Lamanites, were Nephites; therefore, we did take them and their provisions.




Alma 58:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 33:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 139:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 38:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 245 26 271
NT 62 9 71
BM 85 8 93
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 1 9
Alma 27 7 34
Hel. 7 0 7
3 Ne. 15 0 15
Ether 15 0 15
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 12 9 21
PGP 22 0 22
TOTAL 426 52 478

Alma 2:20
And it came to pass that when Alma could pursue the Amlicites no longer he caused that his people should pitch their tents in the valley of Gideon, the valley being called after that Gideon who was slain by the hand of Nehor with the sword; and in this valley the Nephites did pitch their tents for the night.

Alma 18:43
And it came to pass that his servants took him and carried him in unto his wife, and laid him upon a bed; and he lay as if he were dead for the space of two days and two nights; and his wife, and his sons, and his daughters mourned over him, after the manner of the Lamanites, greatly lamenting his loss.

Alma 19:1
And it came to pass that after two days and two nights they were about to take his body and lay it in a sepulchre, which they had made for the purpose of burying their dead.

Alma 19:5
Therefore, if this is the case, I would that ye should go in and see my husband, for he has been laid upon his bed for the space of two days and two nights; and some say that he is not dead, but others say that he is dead and that he stinketh, and that he ought to be placed in the sepulchre; but as for myself, to me he doth not stink.

Alma 34:33
And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed.

Alma 36:10
And it came to pass that I fell to the earth; and it was for the space of three days and three nights that I could not open my mouth, neither had I the use of my limbs.

Alma 36:16
And now, for three days and for three nights was I racked, even with the pains of a damned soul.

Alma 37:37
Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

Alma 38:8
And it came to pass that I was three days and three nights in the most bitter pain and anguish of soul; and never, until I did cry out unto the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy, did I receive a remission of my sins. But behold, I did cry unto him and I did find peace to my soul.

Alma 41:5
The one raised to happiness according to his desires of happiness, or good according to his desires of good; and the other to evil according to his desires of evil; for as he has desired to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.

Alma 41:7
These are they that are redeemed of the Lord; yea, these are they that are taken out, that are delivered from that endless night of darkness; and thus they stand or fall; for behold, they are their own judges, whether to do good or do evil.

Alma 47:10
And it came to pass that when it was night he sent a secret embassy into the mount Antipas, desiring that the leader of those who were upon the mount, whose name was Lehonti, that he should come down to the foot of the mount, for he desired to speak with him.

Alma 47:13
And it came to pass that when Lehonti had come down with his guards to Amalickiah, that Amalickiah desired him to come down with his army in the night-time, and surround those men in their camps over whom the king had given him command, and that he would deliver them up into Lehonti's hands, if he would make him (Amalickiah) a second leader over the whole army.

Alma 51:33
And it came to pass that when the night had come, Teancum and his servant stole forth and went out by night, and went into the camp of Amalickiah; and behold, sleep had overpowered them because of their much fatigue, which was caused by the labors and heat of the day.

Alma 52:22
Therefore he caused that Teancum should take a small number of men and march down near the seashore; and Moroni and his army, by night, marched in the wilderness, on the west of the city Mulek; and thus, on the morrow, when the guards of the Lamanites had discovered Teancum, they ran and told it unto Jacob, their leader.

Alma 55:22
Now behold this was done in the night-time, so that when the Lamanites awoke in the morning they beheld that they were surrounded by the Nephites without, and that their prisoners were armed within.

Alma 55:29
Many times did the Lamanites attempt to encircle them about by night, but in these attempts they did lose many prisoners.

Alma 56:16
Yea, and they were depressed in body as well as in spirit, for they had fought valiantly by day and toiled by night to maintain their cities; and thus they had suffered great afflictions of every kind.

Alma 56:22
And it came to pass that we kept spies out round about, to watch the movements of the Lamanites, that they might not pass us by night nor by day to make an attack upon our other cities which were on the northward.

Alma 56:38
And now Antipus, beholding our danger, did speed the march of his army. But behold, it was night; therefore they did not overtake us, neither did Antipus overtake them; therefore we did camp for the night.

Alma 57:8
And now behold, I will show unto you that we soon accomplished our desire; yea, with our strong force, or with a part of our strong force, we did surround, by night, the city Cumeni, a little before they were to receive a supply of provisions.

Alma 57:9
And it came to pass that we did camp round about the city for many nights; but we did sleep upon our swords, and keep guards, that the Lamanites could not come upon us by night and slay us, which they attempted many times; but as many times as they attempted this their blood was spilt.

Alma 57:10
At length their provisions did arrive, and they were about to enter the city by night. And we, instead of being Lamanites, were Nephites; therefore, we did take them and their provisions.

Alma 58:25
And behold, it was night and they did pitch their tents, for the chief captains of the Lamanites had supposed that the Nephites were weary because of their march; and supposing that they had driven their whole army therefore they took no thought concerning the city of Manti.

Alma 58:26
Now it came to pass that when it was night, I caused that my men should not sleep, but that they should march forward by another way towards the land of Manti.

Alma 58:27
And because of this our march in the night-time, behold, on the morrow we were beyond the Lamanites, insomuch that we did arrive before them at the city of Manti.

Alma 62:20
And when the night came, Moroni went forth in the darkness of the night, and came upon the top of the wall to spy out in what part of the city the Lamanites did camp with their army.

Alma 62:23
And it came to pass that they were all let down into the city by night, by the means of their strong cords and their ladders; thus when the morning came they were all within the walls of the city.

Alma 62:35
And thus they did encamp for the night. For behold, the Nephites and the Lamanites also were weary because of the greatness of the march; therefore they did not resolve upon any stratagem in the night-time, save it were Teancum; for he was exceedingly angry with Ammoron, insomuch that he considered that Ammoron, and Amalickiah his brother, had been the cause of this great and lasting war between them and the Lamanites, which had been the cause of so much war and bloodshed, yea, and so much famine.