Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thousands' occurs 109 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thousands' in the standard works and contain 36.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 18:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 28:11-12 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 29:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:22 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 0 58
NT 4 0 4
BM 42 0 42
1 Ne. 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 27 0 27
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 109 0 109

Hel. 3:24
And it came to pass that in this same year there was exceedingly great prosperity in the church, insomuch that there were thousands who did join themselves unto the church and were baptized unto repentance.

Hel. 3:26
And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did prosper unto the baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many souls, yea, even tens of thousands.

Hel. 11:6
And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year. For the earth was smitten that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole earth was smitten, even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.