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
Matt. 13 0 13
Mark 14 0 14
Luke 13 0 13
John 6 0 6
Acts 5 0 5
1 Cor. 1 0 1
James 1 0 1
Rev. 22 0 22
BM 32 0 32
DC 43 0 43
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 264 0 264

John 6:13
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

John 6:67
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

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

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

John 11:9
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

John 20:24
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.