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)

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

2 Chr. 10:8
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

2 Chr. 10:10
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

2 Chr. 10:14
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chr. 13:7
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

2 Chr. 13:9
Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

2 Chr. 34:3
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

2 Chr. 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.