Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'two' occurs 1008 times in the standard works.

438 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'two' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 159 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 39:16-20 (13 in 5 verses)

Ex. 26:17-27 (13 in 11 verses)

Ex. 28:23-27 (12 in 5 verses)

Ex. 36:22-30 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:41-42 (8 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:17-23 (8 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 4:12-13 (7 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:21-27 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 41:18-24 (7 in 7 verses)

Abr. 3:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Neh. 7:8-12 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 28:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 37:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 18:43-19:5 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:5-6 (5 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 23:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezra 2:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 48:17 (4 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:39-40 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 9:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 28:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 4:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 25:35 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 23:23 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Omni 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 29:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:71-72 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 17:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:66-68 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 135:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 15:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 1:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 5:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 35:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 60:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 62:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 696 12 708
Gen. 54 0 54
Ex. 112 2 114
Lev. 36 0 36
Num. 77 0 77
Deut. 20 0 20
Josh. 17 0 17
Judg. 20 0 20
Ruth 8 0 8
1 Sam. 29 0 29
2 Sam. 19 0 19
1 Kgs. 55 5 60
2 Kgs. 38 0 38
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 33 0 33
Ezra 28 0 28
Neh. 33 0 33
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 2 1 3
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 8 1 9
Jer. 10 2 12
Ezek. 32 0 32
Dan. 11 0 11
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 4 0 4
Zech. 9 0 9
NT 139 3 142
BM 103 3 106
DC 44 1 45
PGP 26 0 26
TOTAL 1008 19 1027

Judg. 3:16
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

Judg. 5:30
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

Judg. 7:3
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

Judg. 7:25
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

Judg. 8:12
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

Judg. 9:44
And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

Judg. 10:3
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

Judg. 11:37
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

Judg. 11:38
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Judg. 11:39
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

Judg. 12:6
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

Judg. 15:4
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

Judg. 15:13
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

Judg. 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

Judg. 16:28
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

Judg. 16:29
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

Judg. 17:4
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

Judg. 19:10
But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

Judg. 20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

Judg. 20:45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.