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

Mosiah 7:4
And now, they knew not the course they should travel in the wilderness to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi; therefore they wandered many days in the wilderness, even forty days did they wander.

Mosiah 7:5
And when they had wandered forty days they came to a hill, which is north of the land of Shilom, and there they pitched their tents.

Mosiah 8:7
And the king said unto him: Being grieved for the afflictions of my people, I caused that forty and three of my people should take a journey into the wilderness, that thereby they might find the land of Zarahemla, that we might appeal unto our brethren to deliver us out of bondage.

Mosiah 9:18
And God did hear our cries and did answer our prayers; and we did go forth in his might; yea, we did go forth against the Lamanites, and in one day and a night we did slay three thousand and forty-three; we did slay them even until we had driven them out of our land.