Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'old' occurs 520 times in the standard works.

148 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'old' in the standard works and contain 28.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 56 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:45-52 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 27:3-7 (7 in 5 verses)

Luke 5:36-39 (5 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Josh. 9:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 13:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 15:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 38:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 63:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:56 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:16-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 102:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 328 2183 2511
Gen. 46 189 235
Ex. 5 164 169
Lev. 13 47 60
Num. 44 67 111
Deut. 9 38 47
Josh. 16 31 47
Judg. 7 81 88
Ruth 2 7 9
1 Sam. 11 129 140
2 Sam. 6 97 103
1 Kgs. 12 128 140
2 Kgs. 17 108 125
1 Chr. 6 42 48
2 Chr. 29 96 125
Ezra 3 21 24
Neh. 4 20 24
Esth. 1 24 25
Job 8 98 106
Ps. 22 88 110
Prov. 6 47 53
Eccl. 2 18 20
Song. 1 17 18
Isa. 20 159 179
Jer. 12 159 171
Lam. 6 14 20
Ezek. 7 133 140
Dan. 1 49 50
Hosea 0 4 4
Joel 2 8 10
Amos 1 18 19
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 4 8 12
Nahum 2 10 12
Hab. 0 11 11
Zeph. 0 6 6
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 37 39
Mal. 1 7 8
NT 52 538 590
BM 91 1917 2008
DC 42 599 641
PGP 7 100 107
TOTAL 520 5337 5857

Ps. 6:7
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Ps. 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Ps. 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Ps. 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Ps. 11:7
For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

Ps. 17:2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Ps. 17:5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Ps. 17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Ps. 18:35
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Ps. 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Ps. 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Ps. 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ps. 25:6
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

Ps. 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

Ps. 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Ps. 33:13
The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

Ps. 33:18
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Ps. 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Ps. 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

Ps. 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Ps. 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Ps. 37:37
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Ps. 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Ps. 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Ps. 40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Ps. 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Ps. 41:12
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

Ps. 44:1
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

Ps. 45:9
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Ps. 45:13
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

Ps. 46:8
Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

Ps. 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Ps. 50:9
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

Ps. 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Ps. 51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Ps. 51:12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Ps. 54:4
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

Ps. 55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

Ps. 59:4
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

Ps. 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Ps. 63:8
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

Ps. 66:7
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 66:9
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Ps. 68:13
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Ps. 68:33
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Ps. 69:24
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Ps. 71:6
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

Ps. 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Ps. 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Ps. 72:15
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

Ps. 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Ps. 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Ps. 73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Ps. 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Ps. 74:12
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Ps. 77:4
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Ps. 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Ps. 77:11
I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

Ps. 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Ps. 78:3
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

Ps. 78:20
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Ps. 78:70
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Ps. 79:12
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Ps. 80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Ps. 83:1
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Ps. 84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Ps. 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Ps. 87:4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

Ps. 89:40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Ps. 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Ps. 91:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Ps. 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Ps. 93:2
Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

Ps. 102:19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

Ps. 102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Ps. 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

Ps. 104:24
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Ps. 105:17
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

Ps. 105:37
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

Ps. 109:1
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

Ps. 113:6
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

Ps. 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Ps. 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Ps. 119:18
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Ps. 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Ps. 119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Ps. 119:52
I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.

Ps. 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Ps. 119:72
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

Ps. 119:116
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Ps. 119:117
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Ps. 119:127
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Ps. 119:143
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Ps. 119:152
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

Ps. 121:4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Ps. 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

Ps. 128:4
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

Ps. 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Ps. 134:1
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

Ps. 135:15
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Ps. 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Ps. 139:10
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Ps. 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

Ps. 145:14
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Ps. 147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

Ps. 148:12
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: