Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sun' occurs 200 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sun' in the standard works and contain 17.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:70-71 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 8:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 37 167
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 4 0 4
Lev. 1 2 3
Num. 2 3 5
Deut. 8 2 10
Josh. 7 5 12
Judg. 5 1 6
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 4 2 6
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 14 6 20
Eccl. 35 0 35
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 12 3 15
Jer. 3 3 6
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 1 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 1 2
Hab. 1 1 2
Zech. 0 2 2
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 30 15 45
BM 14 18 32
DC 20 7 27
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 200 78 278

Gen. 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Gen. 15:17
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Gen. 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

Gen. 28:11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Gen. 32:31
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

Gen. 37:9
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.