Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'young' occurs 347 times in the standard works.

76 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'young' in the standard works and contain 21.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 25:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 22:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 39:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Lam. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.




Lam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 266 40 306
Gen. 12 25 37
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 15 0 15
Num. 26 0 26
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 13 4 17
Ruth 6 0 6
1 Sam. 23 3 26
2 Sam. 18 0 18
1 Kgs. 9 1 10
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 8 2 10
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Job 11 1 12
Ps. 13 0 13
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 16 0 16
Jer. 14 0 14
Lam. 9 0 9
Ezek. 20 2 22
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 3 0 3
Zech. 4 0 4
NT 34 9 43
BM 36 10 46
DC 8 0 8
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 347 59 406

Lam. 1:15
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

Lam. 1:18
The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lam. 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Lam. 2:21
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

Lam. 4:3
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Lam. 4:4
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Lam. 5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

Lam. 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.