Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'youth' occurs 81 times in the standard works.

24 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'youth' in the standard works and contain 29.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 11:9-12:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 23:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 22:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:35 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 129:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 65 2 67
NT 5 1 6
BM 9 0 9
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Alma 5 0 5
3 Ne. 3 0 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 81 3 84

2 Ne. 2:4
And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory; wherefore, thou art blessed even as they unto whom he shall minister in the flesh; for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free.

Alma 36:3
And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.

Alma 37:35
O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God.

Alma 38:2
And now, my son, I trust that I shall have great joy in you, because of your steadiness and your faithfulness unto God; for as you have commenced in your youth to look to the Lord your God, even so I hope that you will continue in keeping his commandments; for blessed is he that endureth to the end.

Alma 39:10
And I command you to take it upon you to counsel with your elder brothers in your undertakings; for behold, thou art in thy youth, and ye stand in need to be nourished by your brothers. And give heed to their counsel.

3 Ne. 22:4
Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

3 Ne. 22:6
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.