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

Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.