Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'little' occurs 359 times in the standard works.

107 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'little' in the standard works and contain 29.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 8:5-14 (10 in 10 verses)

Moro. 8:8-17 (10 in 10 verses)

John 16:16-19 (7 in 4 verses)

Matt. 18:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 28:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 40:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Prov. 6:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 24:33 (3 in 1 verse)

Rev. 10:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:33 (2 in 1 verse)

James 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:21 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)


Num. 32:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

 32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

 32:17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.




1 Kgs. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 74:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 0 159
Gen. 20 0 20
Ex. 6 0 6
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 8 0 8
Deut. 9 0 9
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 2 0 2
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 9 0 9
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 10 0 10
Prov. 10 0 10
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 15 0 15
Dan. 3 0 3
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 3 0 3
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 83 0 83
BM 74 0 74
DC 38 1 39
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 359 1 360

Num. 14:31
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

Num. 16:27
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

Num. 31:9
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Num. 31:17
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

Num. 32:16
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Num. 32:17
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Num. 32:24
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

Num. 32:26
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: