Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'six' occurs 229 times in the standard works.

56 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'six' in the standard works and contain 24.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 2:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 9:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 41:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 28:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 21:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)


Judg. 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

 18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.




1 Kgs. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 188 72 260
Gen. 7 9 16
Ex. 26 6 32
Lev. 5 3 8
Num. 24 9 33
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 5 3 8
Judg. 7 0 7
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 8 0 8
2 Sam. 6 1 7
1 Kgs. 9 2 11
2 Kgs. 4 6 10
1 Chr. 20 13 33
2 Chr. 15 7 22
Ezra 14 2 16
Neh. 10 1 11
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 2 0 2
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 12 7 19
Dan. 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Hag. 0 2 2
NT 14 19 33
BM 19 63 82
DC 8 14 22
PGP 0 9 9
TOTAL 229 177 406

Judg. 3:31
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

Judg. 12:7
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Judg. 18:11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

Judg. 18:16
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

Judg. 18:17
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

Judg. 20:15
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

Judg. 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.