Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'firmament' occurs 32 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'firmament' in the standard works and contain 62.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 1:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.




Moses 2:6-8 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
Gen. 9 0 9
Ps. 2 0 2
Ezek. 5 0 5
Dan. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
DC 4 0 4
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 32 0 32

Gen. 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Gen. 1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Gen. 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Gen. 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Gen. 1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Gen. 1:17
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Gen. 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.