Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heaven' occurs 864 times in the standard works.

289 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heaven' in the standard works and contain 33.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 123 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:7-20 (15 in 14 verses)

JS-M 1:33-37 (6 in 5 verses)

Dan. 4:20-25 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 5:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 1:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 24:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

John 6:31-33 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 21:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Rev. 11:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:92-95 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 127:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 7:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 4:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:6 (3 in 1 verse)

John 3:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:50-51 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:39-19:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 65:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 7:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 44:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 10:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:27 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:36 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:93 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 115:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 115:15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.




Isa. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:48-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:13-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 11:19-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 327 114 441
Gen. 30 3 33
Ex. 14 0 14
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 38 3 41
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 16 1 17
2 Kgs. 16 0 16
1 Chr. 3 3 6
2 Chr. 23 6 29
Ezra 9 1 10
Neh. 13 1 14
Job 15 6 21
Ps. 38 39 77
Prov. 3 2 5
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 11 22 33
Jer. 24 11 35
Lam. 3 2 5
Ezek. 8 1 9
Dan. 32 1 33
Hosea 3 1 4
Joel 0 3 3
Amos 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Hag. 1 2 3
Zech. 2 3 5
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 256 42 298
BM 114 45 159
DC 117 52 169
PGP 50 28 78
TOTAL 864 281 1145

Ps. 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Ps. 8:1
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Ps. 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Ps. 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Ps. 14:2
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Ps. 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Ps. 18:13
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Ps. 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Ps. 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Ps. 20:6
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

Ps. 33:6
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Ps. 33:13
The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

Ps. 36:5
Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps. 50:4
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Ps. 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Ps. 53:2
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Ps. 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Ps. 57:5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

Ps. 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Ps. 57:11
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

Ps. 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

Ps. 68:8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Ps. 68:33
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Ps. 69:34
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Ps. 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Ps. 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Ps. 76:8
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

Ps. 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Ps. 78:23
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

Ps. 78:24
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Ps. 78:26
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

Ps. 79:2
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Ps. 80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Ps. 85:11
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Ps. 89:2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Ps. 89:5
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

Ps. 89:6
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?

Ps. 89:11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Ps. 89:29
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Ps. 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Ps. 96:5
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

Ps. 96:11
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Ps. 97:6
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

Ps. 102:19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

Ps. 102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Ps. 103:11
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

Ps. 103:19
The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

Ps. 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Ps. 104:12
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

Ps. 105:40
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Ps. 107:26
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

Ps. 108:4
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps. 108:5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

Ps. 113:4
The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

Ps. 113:6
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

Ps. 115:3
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Ps. 115:15
Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

Ps. 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Ps. 119:89
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

Ps. 121:2
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Ps. 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Ps. 124:8
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Ps. 134:3
The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

Ps. 135:6
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

Ps. 136:5
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:26
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Ps. 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Ps. 146:6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Ps. 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Ps. 148:1
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

Ps. 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

Ps. 148:13
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.