Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heavens' occurs 235 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heavens' in the standard works and contain 17.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 10:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 148:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 5:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 1:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 57:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 108:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 0 114
NT 19 0 19
BM 38 0 38
1 Ne. 9 0 9
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Enos 1 0 1
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 6 0 6
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 41 0 41
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 235 0 235

Morm. 3:9
And now, because of this great thing which my people, the Nephites, had done, they began to boast in their own strength, and began to swear before the heavens that they would avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren who had been slain by their enemies.

Morm. 3:10
And they did swear by the heavens, and also by the throne of God, that they would go up to battle against their enemies, and would cut them off from the face of the land.

Morm. 9:11
But behold, I will show unto you a God of miracles, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are.