Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ears' occurs 185 times in the standard works.

49 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ears' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 41:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Gen. 41:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 17:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 28:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 32:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 8:18-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 531 650
Gen. 14 113 127
Ex. 5 16 21
Lev. 3 26 29
Num. 2 40 42
Deut. 6 13 19
Josh. 1 7 8
Judg. 4 23 27
Ruth 1 1 2
1 Sam. 5 8 13
2 Sam. 4 16 20
1 Kgs. 0 26 26
2 Kgs. 5 49 54
1 Chr. 1 11 12
2 Chr. 3 57 60
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 1 6 7
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 6 9 15
Ps. 9 24 33
Prov. 4 4 8
Eccl. 0 7 7
Isa. 16 21 37
Jer. 18 16 34
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 9 10 19
Dan. 0 7 7
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 0 4 4
Micah 1 1 2
Hab. 0 2 2
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 32 72 104
BM 10 159 169
DC 23 51 74
PGP 1 48 49
TOTAL 185 861 1046

Prov. 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Prov. 5:9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Prov. 9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Prov. 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Prov. 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Prov. 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Prov. 23:12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Prov. 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.