Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seventy' occurs 98 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seventy' in the standard works and contain 38.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:90-98 (9 in 9 verses)

Hel. 11:21-23 (5 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezra 2:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 10:19-11:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 38:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


Jer. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.




Hel. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 0 58
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 5 0 5
Num. 17 0 17
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 8 0 8
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 2 0 2
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 3 0 3
BM 21 0 21
DC 13 0 13
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 98 0 98

Jer. 25:11
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jer. 25:12
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Jer. 29:10
For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.