Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'twelve' occurs 264 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'twelve' in the standard works and contain 42.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 41 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 25:9-31 (23 in 23 verses)

Rev. 7:5-8 (12 in 4 verses)

Num. 7:84-87 (8 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 12:7-10 (6 in 4 verses)

Rev. 21:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 3:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 24:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 8:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)


John 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.




3 Ne. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:127-128 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 0 113
NT 75 0 75
BM 32 0 32
DC 43 0 43
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 264 0 264

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