Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'years' occurs 767 times in the standard works.

391 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'years' in the standard works and contain 51% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 154 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 5:3-23 (21 in 21 verses)

Moses 6:10-25 (19 in 16 verses)

Gen. 11:10-26 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 107:42-53 (13 in 12 verses)

Moses 8:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Lev. 25:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 41:26-30 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:16-20 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Rev. 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 10:29-32 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:50-54 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 47:9 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 90:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 27:8-28:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 21:19-22:2 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 2:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:11 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 5:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:36-24:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 26:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Omni 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 10:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:108-110 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 16:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 5:31-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:38-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:21-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 13:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:7-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 481 0 481
Gen. 113 0 113
Ex. 15 0 15
Lev. 26 0 26
Num. 40 0 40
Deut. 13 0 13
Josh. 7 0 7
Judg. 22 0 22
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 26 0 26
2 Kgs. 46 0 46
1 Chr. 11 0 11
2 Chr. 53 0 53
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 14 0 14
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 5 0 5
Isa. 15 0 15
Jer. 10 0 10
Ezek. 8 0 8
Dan. 7 0 7
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 4 0 4
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 3 0 3
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 58 0 58
BM 134 0 134
DC 49 0 49
PGP 45 0 45
TOTAL 767 0 767

Job 10:5
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

Job 15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Job 16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Job 32:7
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Job 36:11
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Job 36:26
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Job 42:16
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.