Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ancient' occurs 52 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ancient' in the standard works and contain 11.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 29:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 10 36
Deut. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 1 2
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 11 2 13
Jer. 2 2 4
Ezek. 2 4 6
Dan. 3 0 3
NT 0 0 0
BM 12 3 15
DC 12 2 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 52 15 67

Ezra 3:12
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: