Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thousand' occurs 603 times in the standard works.

394 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thousand' in the standard works and contain 65.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 150 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 48:8-35 (28 in 28 verses)

Num. 31:32-46 (17 in 15 verses)

Rev. 7:4-8 (13 in 5 verses)

Morm. 6:10-15 (10 in 6 verses)

Num. 2:23-32 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 2:8-16 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Chr. 12:29-37 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Chr. 2:10-18 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 45:1-6 (8 in 6 verses)

Neh. 7:66-72 (8 in 7 verses)

D&C 77:6-12 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Chr. 29:4-7 (7 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 20:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 35:4-5 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)


1 Sam. 13:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

 13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

 13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.




1 Chr. 5:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 38:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 17:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 21:5 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:24 (4 in 1 verse)

Job 42:12 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 18:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 14:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 35:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 47:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 12:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:10 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:14 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:21 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 26:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 26:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:32-27:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 25:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:67-69 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:108-110 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:59-61 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 32:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 24:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:63 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 17:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 91:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 466 58 524
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 7 4 11
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 93 9 102
Deut. 4 5 9
Josh. 8 3 11
Judg. 32 0 32
1 Sam. 19 13 32
2 Sam. 17 2 19
1 Kgs. 21 0 21
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 75 7 82
2 Chr. 58 3 61
Ezra 19 0 19
Neh. 19 0 19
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 7 5 12
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 40 0 40
Dan. 8 2 10
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 0 3 3
NT 54 4 58
BM 55 42 97
DC 20 5 25
PGP 8 1 9
TOTAL 603 110 713

1 Sam. 4:2
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

1 Sam. 4:10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

1 Sam. 6:19
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

1 Sam. 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

1 Sam. 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

1 Sam. 11:8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

1 Sam. 13:2
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1 Sam. 13:5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.

1 Sam. 15:4
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

1 Sam. 17:5
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

1 Sam. 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Sam. 18:7
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Sam. 18:8
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

1 Sam. 18:13
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

1 Sam. 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 22:7
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

1 Sam. 23:23
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

1 Sam. 24:2
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

1 Sam. 25:2
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Sam. 26:2
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Sam. 29:2
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

1 Sam. 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?