Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'old' occurs 520 times in the standard works.

148 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'old' in the standard works and contain 28.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 56 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:45-52 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (7 in 5 verses)

Luke 5:36-39 (5 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Josh. 9:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 13:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 63:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Josh. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

 23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:




Judg. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 102:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 328 2183 2511
Gen. 46 189 235
Ex. 5 164 169
Lev. 13 47 60
Num. 44 67 111
Deut. 9 38 47
Josh. 16 31 47
Judg. 7 81 88
Ruth 2 7 9
1 Sam. 11 129 140
2 Sam. 6 97 103
1 Kgs. 12 128 140
2 Kgs. 17 108 125
1 Chr. 6 42 48
2 Chr. 29 96 125
Ezra 3 21 24
Neh. 4 20 24
Esth. 1 24 25
Job 8 98 106
Ps. 22 88 110
Prov. 6 47 53
Eccl. 2 18 20
Song. 1 17 18
Isa. 20 159 179
Jer. 12 159 171
Lam. 6 14 20
Ezek. 7 133 140
Dan. 1 49 50
Hosea 0 4 4
Joel 2 8 10
Amos 1 18 19
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 4 8 12
Nahum 2 10 12
Hab. 0 11 11
Zeph. 0 6 6
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 37 39
Mal. 1 7 8
NT 52 538 590
BM 91 1917 2008
DC 42 599 641
PGP 7 100 107
TOTAL 520 5337 5857

Josh. 2:2
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

Josh. 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Josh. 2:23
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

Josh. 3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

Josh. 5:11
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

Josh. 5:12
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Josh. 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

Josh. 6:19
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

Josh. 6:21
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Josh. 6:24
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

Josh. 6:25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Josh. 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

Josh. 7:18
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

Josh. 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Josh. 7:22
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

Josh. 7:24
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

Josh. 8:4
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Josh. 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

Josh. 9:4
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

Josh. 9:5
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Josh. 9:12
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

Josh. 9:13
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

Josh. 9:24
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Josh. 9:25
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Josh. 10:17
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

Josh. 13:1
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

Josh. 14:7
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.

Josh. 14:10
And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

Josh. 22:8
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

Josh. 22:11
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

Josh. 22:28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Josh. 23:1
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

Josh. 23:2
And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

Josh. 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

Josh. 23:14
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Josh. 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Josh. 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

Josh. 24:29
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.