Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forty' occurs 202 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forty' in the standard works and contain 31.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 2:12-3:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Deut. 9:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:66-68 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 24:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 10:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:34-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Morm. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:15 And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land. And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away.

 2:16 And it came to pass that in the three hundred and forty and fifth year the Nephites did begin to flee before the Lamanites; and they were pursued until they came even to the land of Jashon, before it was possible to stop them in their retreat.




Ether 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 134 0 134
NT 24 0 24
BM 36 0 36
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 4 0 4
Hel. 15 0 15
4 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 6 0 6
Ether 6 0 6
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 202 0 202

Morm. 2:9
And now, the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand. And behold, I withstood him with forty and two thousand. And it came to pass that I beat him with my army that he fled before me. And behold, all this was done, and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.

Morm. 2:15
And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land. And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away.

Morm. 2:16
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and forty and fifth year the Nephites did begin to flee before the Lamanites; and they were pursued until they came even to the land of Jashon, before it was possible to stop them in their retreat.

Morm. 2:22
And it came to pass in the three hundred and forty and sixth year they began to come upon us again.

Morm. 2:28
And the three hundred and forty and ninth year had passed away. And in the three hundred and fiftieth year we made a treaty with the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton, in which we did get the lands of our inheritance divided.