Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sixty' occurs 60 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sixty' in the standard works and contain 45% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 6:13-16 (6 in 4 verses)

 6:13 Behold their women did toil and spin, and did make all manner of cloth, of fine-twined linen and cloth of every kind, to clothe their nakedness. And thus the sixty and fourth year did pass away in peace.

 6:14 And in the sixty and fifth year they did also have great joy and peace, yea, much preaching and many prophecies concerning that which was to come. And thus passed away the sixty and fifth year.

 6:15 And it came to pass that in the sixty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, behold, Cezoram was murdered by an unknown hand as he sat upon the judgment-seat. And it came to pass that in the same year, that his son, who had been appointed by the people in his stead, was also murdered. And thus ended the sixty and sixth year.

 6:16 And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year the people began to grow exceedingly wicked again.





Num. 7:88 (3 in 1 verse)

 7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.





Gen. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:





Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 57:19 But behold, my little band of two thousand and sixty fought most desperately; yea, they were firm before the Lamanites, and did administer death unto all those who opposed them.

 57:20 And as the remainder of our army were about to give way before the Lamanites, behold, those two thousand and sixty were firm and undaunted.





Hel. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:17 And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.

 4:18 And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites.





Hel. 6:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:32 And it came to pass that all these iniquities did come unto them in the space of not many years, insomuch that a more part of it had come unto them in the sixty and seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

 6:33 And they did grow in their iniquities in the sixty and eighth year also, to the great sorrow and lamentation of the righteous.





Hel. 6:41-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:41 And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

 7:1 Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward.





Morm. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:7 And it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and first year the Lamanites did come down to the city of Desolation to battle against us; and it came to pass that in that year we did beat them, insomuch that they did return to their own lands again.

 3:8 And in the three hundred and sixty and second year they did come down again to battle. And we did beat them again, and did slay a great number of them, and their dead were cast into the sea.





D&C 107:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

 107:48 Enoch was twenty-five years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam; and he was sixty-five and Adam blessed him.

 107:49 And he saw the Lord, and he walked with him, and was before his face continually; and he walked with God three hundred and sixty-five years, making him four hundred and thirty years old when he was translated.





Moses 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:20 And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat Jared; and Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

 6:21 And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begat Enoch; and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Jared taught Enoch in all the ways of God.





Moses 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:24 And it came to pass that all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

 6:25 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 12 0 12
NT 3 1 4
BM 31 0 31
DC 7 0 7
PGP 7 0 7
TOTAL 60 1 61

D&C 85:12
Therefore, it shall be done unto them as unto the children of the priest, as will be found recorded in the second chapter and sixty-first and second verses of Ezra.

D&C 94:4
Verily I say unto you, that it shall be built fifty-five by sixty-five feet in the width thereof and in the length thereof, in the inner court.

D&C 94:11
And it shall be fifty-five by sixty-five feet in the width thereof and the length thereof, in the inner court; and there shall be a lower and a higher court.

D&C 95:15
And the size thereof shall be fifty and five feet in width, and let it be sixty-five feet in length, in the inner court thereof.

D&C 107:42
From Adam to Seth, who was ordained by Adam at the age of sixty-nine years, and was blessed by him three years previous to his (Adam's) death, and received the promise of God by his father, that his posterity should be the chosen of the Lord, and that they should be preserved unto the end of the earth;

D&C 107:48
Enoch was twenty-five years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam; and he was sixty-five and Adam blessed him.

D&C 107:49
And he saw the Lord, and he walked with him, and was before his face continually; and he walked with God three hundred and sixty-five years, making him four hundred and thirty years old when he was translated.