Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'three' occurs 600 times in the standard works.

222 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'three' in the standard works and contain 37% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 83 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 23:16-23 (9 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 11:18-25 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 4:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 12:40 (4 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 27:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 40:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 48:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

4 Ne. 1:45-48 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:10 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 410 86 496
Gen. 30 5 35
Ex. 32 2 34
Lev. 5 1 6
Num. 33 17 50
Deut. 10 2 12
Josh. 11 1 12
Judg. 19 9 28
1 Sam. 26 1 27
2 Sam. 24 1 25
1 Kgs. 24 5 29
2 Kgs. 16 1 17
1 Chr. 35 7 42
2 Chr. 32 9 41
Ezra 21 7 28
Neh. 14 6 20
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 9 0 9
Ps. 0 1 1
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 4 1 5
Jer. 7 1 8
Ezek. 21 1 22
Dan. 15 4 19
Amos 11 0 11
Jonah 3 0 3
Zech. 1 1 2
NT 75 8 83
BM 84 1 85
DC 26 0 26
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 600 95 695

1 Kgs. 4:13
The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

1 Kgs. 4:22
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

1 Kgs. 5:15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

1 Kgs. 6:2
And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

1 Kgs. 10:14
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,