Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'three' occurs 600 times in the standard works.

222 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'three' in the standard works and contain 37% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 83 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 23:16-23 (9 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 11:18-25 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 4:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:40 (4 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:13 (4 in 1 verse)


Ex. 25:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.




Ex. 27:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 40:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

4 Ne. 1:45-48 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:10 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 410 86 496
Gen. 30 5 35
Ex. 32 2 34
Lev. 5 1 6
Num. 33 17 50
Deut. 10 2 12
Josh. 11 1 12
Judg. 19 9 28
1 Sam. 26 1 27
2 Sam. 24 1 25
1 Kgs. 24 5 29
2 Kgs. 16 1 17
1 Chr. 35 7 42
2 Chr. 32 9 41
Ezra 21 7 28
Neh. 14 6 20
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 9 0 9
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 4 1 5
Jer. 7 1 8
Ezek. 21 1 22
Dan. 15 4 19
Amos 11 0 11
Jonah 3 0 3
Zech. 1 1 2
NT 75 8 83
BM 84 1 85
DC 26 0 26
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 600 95 695

Ex. 2:2
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Ex. 3:18
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

Ex. 5:3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Ex. 6:18
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

Ex. 7:7
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

Ex. 8:27
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.

Ex. 10:22
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

Ex. 10:23
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Ex. 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Ex. 15:27
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Ex. 21:11
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

Ex. 23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Ex. 23:17
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.

Ex. 25:32
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

Ex. 25:33
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

Ex. 27:1
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

Ex. 27:14
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 27:15
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 32:28
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

Ex. 37:18
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

Ex. 37:19
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

Ex. 38:1
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

Ex. 38:14
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 38:15
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 38:25
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Ex. 38:26
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.