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)

 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

 7:67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

 7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:

 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

 7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

 7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.




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)

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

Neh. 3:13
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

Neh. 7:8
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

Neh. 7:11
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

Neh. 7:12
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Neh. 7:17
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

Neh. 7:19
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

Neh. 7:34
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Neh. 7:38
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

Neh. 7:40
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

Neh. 7:41
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

Neh. 7:42
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

Neh. 7:66
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Neh. 7:67
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

Neh. 7:69
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

Neh. 7:70
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

Neh. 7:71
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

Neh. 7:72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.