Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heaven' occurs 864 times in the standard works.

289 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heaven' in the standard works and contain 33.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 123 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:7-20 (15 in 14 verses)

JS-M 1:33-37 (6 in 5 verses)

Dan. 4:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 5:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 1:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 24:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

John 6:31-33 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 11:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:92-95 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 127:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 4:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:6 (3 in 1 verse)

John 3:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:39-19:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 44:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 10:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:36 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:93 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 115:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:48-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:13-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:19-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 327 114 441
NT 256 42 298
BM 114 45 159
DC 117 52 169
PGP 50 28 78
Moses 30 15 45
Abr. 7 7 14
JS-M 8 1 9
JS-H 5 5 10
TOTAL 864 281 1145

Moses 1:36
And it came to pass that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying: Be merciful unto thy servant, O God, and tell me concerning this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens, and then thy servant will be content.

Moses 1:37
And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine.

Moses 1:38
And as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to my words.

Moses 6:42
And it came to pass, as I journeyed from the land of Cainan, by the sea east, I beheld a vision; and lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord spake with me, and gave me commandment; wherefore, for this cause, to keep the commandment, I speak forth these words.

Moses 6:44
The heavens he made; the earth is his footstool; and the foundation thereof is his. Behold, he laid it, an host of men hath he brought in upon the face thereof.

Moses 6:63
And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me.

Moses 7:3
And it came to pass that I turned and went up on the mount; and as I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I was clothed upon with glory;

Moses 7:28
And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; and Enoch bore record of it, saying: How is it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the mountains?

Moses 7:37
But behold, their sins shall be upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and misery shall be their doom; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even all the workmanship of mine hands; wherefore should not the heavens weep, seeing these shall suffer?

Moses 7:40
Wherefore, for this shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the workmanship of mine hands.

Moses 7:44
And as Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look.

Moses 7:56
And he heard a loud voice; and the heavens were veiled; and all the creations of God mourned; and the earth groaned; and the rocks were rent; and the saints arose, and were crowned at the right hand of the Son of Man, with crowns of glory;

Moses 7:61
And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;

Abr. 3:21
I dwell in the midst of them all; I now, therefore, have come down unto thee to declare unto thee the works which my hands have made, wherein my wisdom excelleth them all, for I rule in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath, in all wisdom and prudence, over all the intelligences thine eyes have seen from the beginning; I came down in the beginning in the midst of all the intelligences thou hast seen.

Abr. 4:1
And then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at the beginning, and they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the heavens and the earth.

Abr. 4:17
And the Gods set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to cause to divide the light from the darkness.

Abr. 5:1
And thus we will finish the heavens and the earth, and all the hosts of them.

Abr. 5:3
And the Gods concluded upon the seventh time, because that on the seventh time they would rest from all their works which they (the Gods) counseled among themselves to form; and sanctified it. And thus were their decisions at the time that they counseled among themselves to form the heavens and the earth.

Abr. 5:4
And the Gods came down and formed these the generations of the heavens and of the earth, when they were formed in the day that the Gods formed the earth and the heavens,

JS-M 1:36
And, as I said before, after the tribulation of those days, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory;

JS-H 1:43
After this communication, I saw the light in the room begin to gather immediately around the person of him who had been speaking to me, and it continued to do so until the room was again left dark, except just around him; when, instantly I saw, as it were, a conduit open right up into heaven, and he ascended till he entirely disappeared, and the room was left as it had been before this heavenly light had made its appearance.

JS-H 1:44
I lay musing on the singularity of the scene, and marveling greatly at what had been told to me by this extraordinary messenger; when, in the midst of my meditation, I suddenly discovered that my room was again beginning to get lighted, and in an instant, as it were, the same heavenly messenger was again by my bedside.

JS-H 1:47
After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, and I was again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascended from me for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day was approaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of that night.

JS-H 1:59
At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate. On the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me with this charge: that I should be responsible for them; that if I should let them go carelessly, or through any neglect of mine, I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he, the messenger, should call for them, they should be protected.

JS-H 1:73
Immediately on our coming up out of the water after we had been baptized, we experienced great and glorious blessings from our Heavenly Father. No sooner had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell upon him, and he stood up and prophesied many things which should shortly come to pass. And again, so soon as I had been baptized by him, I also had the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning the rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church, and this generation of the children of men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.