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
Gen. 3 0 3
Deut. 3 0 3
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 39 0 39
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 22 0 22
Jer. 11 0 11
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 19 0 19
BM 38 0 38
DC 41 0 41
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 235 0 235

Jer. 2:12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

Jer. 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Jer. 4:25
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Jer. 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

Jer. 9:10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

Jer. 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Jer. 10:12
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Jer. 10:13
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Jer. 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Jer. 51:16
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.