Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'everlasting' occurs 231 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'everlasting' in the standard works and contain 19.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 26:15 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 41:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 90:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 103:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:48 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:39 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:77 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.




Isa. 60:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 61:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 71 0 71
Gen. 8 0 8
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ps. 18 0 18
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 18 0 18
Jer. 5 0 5
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 7 0 7
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
NT 26 0 26
BM 59 1 60
DC 72 0 72
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 231 1 232

Gen. 9:16
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Gen. 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Gen. 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Gen. 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Gen. 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Gen. 21:33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

Gen. 48:4
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Gen. 49:26
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.