Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seventh' occurs 158 times in the standard works.

44 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seventh' in the standard works and contain 27.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 77:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 2:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 19:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 27:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)


Ex. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.




Lev. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 110 0 110
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 17 0 17
Lev. 20 0 20
Num. 13 0 13
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 8 0 8
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 4 0 4
Neh. 4 0 4
Esth. 2 0 2
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 4 0 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 10 0 10
BM 22 0 22
DC 9 0 9
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 158 0 158

Ex. 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Ex. 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Ex. 13:6
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

Ex. 16:26
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

Ex. 16:27
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

Ex. 16:29
See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Ex. 16:30
So the people rested on the seventh day.

Ex. 20:10
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Ex. 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Ex. 21:2
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Ex. 23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Ex. 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Ex. 24:16
And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Ex. 31:15
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Ex. 31:17
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Ex. 34:21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Ex. 35:2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.