Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ten' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

101 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ten' in the standard works and contain 36.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Morm. 6:10-15 (11 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 20:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 48:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 218 993 1211
Gen. 18 58 76
Ex. 10 80 90
Lev. 4 43 47
Num. 18 62 80
Deut. 6 54 60
Josh. 6 21 27
Judg. 21 30 51
Ruth 2 1 3
1 Sam. 11 29 40
2 Sam. 6 24 30
1 Kgs. 21 32 53
2 Kgs. 13 49 62
1 Chr. 4 20 24
2 Chr. 17 56 73
Ezra 3 16 19
Neh. 3 19 22
Esth. 5 20 25
Job 1 39 40
Ps. 7 77 84
Prov. 0 48 48
Eccl. 1 11 12
Song. 1 9 10
Isa. 3 51 54
Jer. 4 55 59
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 15 34 49
Dan. 11 21 32
Hosea 0 10 10
Joel 0 5 5
Amos 2 2 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 1 4 5
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 4 4
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 3 6
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 31 294 325
BM 17 681 698
DC 7 215 222
PGP 2 76 78
TOTAL 275 2259 2534

1 Sam. 1:8
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

1 Sam. 1:9
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.

1 Sam. 1:18
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

1 Sam. 4:2
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

1 Sam. 4:3
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

1 Sam. 4:10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

1 Sam. 5:12
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Sam. 6:5
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

1 Sam. 6:19
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

1 Sam. 7:10
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

1 Sam. 8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

1 Sam. 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

1 Sam. 13:2
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1 Sam. 13:4
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

1 Sam. 14:27
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

1 Sam. 14:29
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Sam. 14:30
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1 Sam. 15:4
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

1 Sam. 16:7
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

1 Sam. 16:12
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

1 Sam. 17:17
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

1 Sam. 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Sam. 17:42
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

1 Sam. 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 17:54
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

1 Sam. 18:7
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Sam. 18:8
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

1 Sam. 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 22:2
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

1 Sam. 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Sam. 25:5
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

1 Sam. 25:38
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

1 Sam. 28:20
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

1 Sam. 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

1 Sam. 30:12
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

1 Sam. 31:10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.