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)

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

2 Chr. 1:15
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

2 Chr. 2:2
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2 Chr. 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chr. 2:7
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

2 Chr. 2:8
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

2 Chr. 2:10
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

2 Chr. 2:14
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

2 Chr. 3:4
And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

2 Chr. 3:5
And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

2 Chr. 3:6
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

2 Chr. 3:7
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

2 Chr. 3:8
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

2 Chr. 3:9
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

2 Chr. 3:10
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

2 Chr. 4:7
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

2 Chr. 4:8
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basins of gold.

2 Chr. 4:19
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

2 Chr. 4:20
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

2 Chr. 4:21
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

2 Chr. 4:22
And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chr. 5:1
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Chr. 5:6
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

2 Chr. 6:13
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

2 Chr. 6:18
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

2 Chr. 7:22
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

2 Chr. 8:18
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

2 Chr. 9:1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

2 Chr. 9:2
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

2 Chr. 9:6
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

2 Chr. 9:9
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

2 Chr. 9:10
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

2 Chr. 9:13
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

2 Chr. 9:14
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

2 Chr. 9:15
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

2 Chr. 9:16
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

2 Chr. 9:17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

2 Chr. 9:18
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

2 Chr. 9:20
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

2 Chr. 9:21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chr. 9:24
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

2 Chr. 10:6
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

2 Chr. 10:8
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

2 Chr. 10:13
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

2 Chr. 11:11
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

2 Chr. 12:9
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

2 Chr. 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

2 Chr. 13:8
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

2 Chr. 13:11
And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.

2 Chr. 13:12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

2 Chr. 13:14
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

2 Chr. 15:18
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

2 Chr. 16:2
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

2 Chr. 16:3
There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

2 Chr. 16:11
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chr. 18:12
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

2 Chr. 18:22
Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.

2 Chr. 18:24
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

2 Chr. 19:11
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

2 Chr. 20:2
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

2 Chr. 20:10
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

2 Chr. 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

2 Chr. 20:16
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

2 Chr. 20:24
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

2 Chr. 20:31
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chr. 20:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chr. 21:3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

2 Chr. 21:5
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 21:14
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

2 Chr. 21:20
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

2 Chr. 22:2
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

2 Chr. 23:3
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.

2 Chr. 23:13
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

2 Chr. 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

2 Chr. 24:14
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.

2 Chr. 24:15
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

2 Chr. 24:27
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chr. 25:1
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 25:5
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chr. 25:13
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

2 Chr. 25:24
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

2 Chr. 25:26
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

2 Chr. 26:1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

2 Chr. 26:3
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

2 Chr. 27:1
Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2 Chr. 27:8
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:

2 Chr. 28:9
But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

2 Chr. 28:26
Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chr. 29:1
Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Chr. 29:19
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

2 Chr. 31:16
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

2 Chr. 31:17
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

2 Chr. 32:27
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

2 Chr. 32:32
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chr. 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

2 Chr. 33:18
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chr. 33:19
His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

2 Chr. 33:21
Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

2 Chr. 34:18
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

2 Chr. 34:24
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

2 Chr. 34:28
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

2 Chr. 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

2 Chr. 35:27
And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

2 Chr. 36:2
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 36:3
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Chr. 36:5
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

2 Chr. 36:8
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chr. 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Chr. 36:11
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.