Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'young' occurs 347 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'young' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 25:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 22:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 39:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 266 40 306
Gen. 12 25 37
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 15 0 15
Num. 26 0 26
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 13 4 17
Ruth 6 0 6
1 Sam. 23 3 26
2 Sam. 18 0 18
1 Kgs. 9 1 10
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 8 2 10
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 11 1 12
Ps. 13 0 13
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 16 0 16
Jer. 14 0 14
Lam. 9 0 9
Ezek. 20 2 22
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 3 0 3
Zech. 4 0 4
NT 34 9 43
BM 36 10 46
DC 8 0 8
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 347 59 406

Gen. 9:24
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Gen. 19:31
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

Gen. 19:34
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Gen. 19:35
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Gen. 19:38
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Gen. 25:23
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Gen. 27:15
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

Gen. 27:42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

Gen. 29:16
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Gen. 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Gen. 29:26
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Gen. 42:13
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Gen. 42:15
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

Gen. 42:20
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

Gen. 42:32
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 42:34
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

Gen. 43:29
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

Gen. 43:33
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

Gen. 44:2
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Gen. 44:12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Gen. 44:23
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Gen. 44:26
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

Gen. 48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Gen. 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Josh. 6:26
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

Judg. 1:13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

Judg. 3:9
And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

Judg. 9:5
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

Judg. 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

1 Sam. 14:49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

1 Sam. 16:11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

1 Sam. 17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

1 Kgs. 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Chr. 24:31
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

2 Chr. 21:17
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

2 Chr. 22:1
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

Job 30:1
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Ezek. 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Ezek. 16:61
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.