Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'years' occurs 767 times in the standard works.

391 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'years' in the standard works and contain 51% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 154 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 5:3-23 (21 in 21 verses)

Moses 6:10-25 (19 in 16 verses)

Gen. 11:10-26 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 107:42-53 (13 in 12 verses)

Moses 8:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 25:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 41:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 10:29-32 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:50-54 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 47:9 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)


Ps. 90:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.




2 Chr. 27:8-28:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 21:19-22:2 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 2:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:11 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 5:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:36-24:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 26:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Omni 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:108-110 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:3 (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)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 16:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:31-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:38-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:21-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 481 0 481
Gen. 113 0 113
Ex. 15 0 15
Lev. 26 0 26
Num. 40 0 40
Deut. 13 0 13
Josh. 7 0 7
Judg. 22 0 22
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 26 0 26
2 Kgs. 46 0 46
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 53 0 53
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 14 0 14
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 5 0 5
Isa. 15 0 15
Jer. 10 0 10
Ezek. 8 0 8
Dan. 7 0 7
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 4 0 4
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 58 0 58
BM 134 0 134
DC 49 0 49
PGP 45 0 45
TOTAL 767 0 767

Ps. 31:10
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Ps. 61:6
Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

Ps. 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Ps. 77:10
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

Ps. 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

Ps. 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Ps. 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Ps. 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Ps. 90:15
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Ps. 95:10
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Ps. 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

Ps. 102:27
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.