Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seven' occurs 489 times in the standard works.

226 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seven' in the standard works and contain 46.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 90 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 41:18-34 (17 in 17 verses)

Rev. 1:11-2:1 (12 in 11 verses)

Rev. 15:1-16:1 (9 in 9 verses)

Josh. 6:4-8 (7 in 5 verses)

Gen. 41:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 45:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 30:21-24 (5 in 4 verses)

Rev. 17:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 25:8 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 17:11 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:21 (4 in 1 verse)

Rev. 5:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 6:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:65-67 (4 in 3 verses)

Neh. 7:67-69 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 77:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 23:39-42 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 23:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 3:9-4:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 23:29 (3 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 12:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)


Matt. 18:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

 18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.




Rev. 10:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:65 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 15:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 42:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 43:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:95-96 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 372 192 564
NT 91 13 104
Matt. 10 2 12
Mark 9 0 9
Luke 8 2 10
John 0 1 1
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 2 3
Jude 0 1 1
Rev. 54 5 59
BM 6 47 53
DC 13 24 37
PGP 7 12 19
TOTAL 489 288 777

Matt. 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Matt. 15:34
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

Matt. 15:36
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Matt. 15:37
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Matt. 16:10
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matt. 18:21
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

Matt. 18:22
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Matt. 22:25
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

Matt. 22:26
Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

Matt. 22:28
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.