Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ten' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

101 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ten' in the standard works and contain 36.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Morm. 6:10-15 (11 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 20:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 48:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)


Esth. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

 9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

 9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.




Gen. 18:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 38:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:43 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 11:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 19:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 218 993 1211
Gen. 18 58 76
Ex. 10 80 90
Lev. 4 43 47
Num. 18 62 80
Deut. 6 54 60
Josh. 6 21 27
Judg. 21 30 51
Ruth 2 1 3
1 Sam. 11 29 40
2 Sam. 6 24 30
1 Kgs. 21 32 53
2 Kgs. 13 49 62
1 Chr. 4 20 24
2 Chr. 17 56 73
Ezra 3 16 19
Neh. 3 19 22
Esth. 5 20 25
Job 1 39 40
Ps. 7 77 84
Prov. 0 48 48
Eccl. 1 11 12
Song. 1 9 10
Isa. 3 51 54
Jer. 4 55 59
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 15 34 49
Dan. 11 21 32
Hosea 0 10 10
Joel 0 5 5
Amos 2 2 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 1 4 5
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 4 4
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 3 6
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 31 294 325
BM 17 681 698
DC 7 215 222
PGP 2 76 78
TOTAL 275 2259 2534

Esth. 1:6
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Esth. 1:19
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Esth. 2:16
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Esth. 2:23
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Esth. 3:9
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

Esth. 3:12
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

Esth. 3:15
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Esth. 4:5
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Esth. 6:2
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Esth. 8:5
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

Esth. 8:8
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

Esth. 8:9
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Esth. 8:14
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

Esth. 9:3
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

Esth. 9:10
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

Esth. 9:12
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

Esth. 9:13
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Esth. 9:14
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

Esth. 9:23
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Esth. 9:32
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

Esth. 10:2
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?