Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'light' occurs 507 times in the standard works.

254 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'light' in the standard works and contain 50.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 88 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 88:6-13 (10 in 8 verses)

Luke 11:33-36 (7 in 4 verses)

Moses 2:15-18 (7 in 4 verses)

Alma 19:6 (6 in 1 verse)

Moses 2:3-5 (6 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)

John 1:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 88:40-45 (6 in 6 verses)

John 12:35-36 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

John 3:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Abr. 4:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 1:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 50:24-27 (5 in 4 verses)

Isa. 30:26 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 8:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 32:35 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:61-62 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 4:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 36:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

John 5:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 23:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:67 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:121 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 139:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 177 167 344
Gen. 11 7 18
Ex. 13 4 17
Lev. 1 1 2
Num. 4 3 7
Deut. 1 5 6
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 2 2 4
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 6 10 16
2 Sam. 5 6 11
1 Kgs. 6 5 11
2 Kgs. 4 4 8
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 2 3
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 2 1 3
Esth. 1 7 8
Job 31 10 41
Ps. 25 37 62
Prov. 5 16 21
Eccl. 3 1 4
Song. 0 2 2
Isa. 31 17 48
Jer. 5 9 14
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 6 9
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 2 1 3
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 3 1 4
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 2 1 3
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 95 30 125
BM 99 72 171
DC 91 32 123
PGP 45 13 58
TOTAL 507 314 821

Ps. 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Ps. 4:6
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Ps. 13:3
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Ps. 16:3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Ps. 18:14
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Ps. 18:19
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Ps. 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Ps. 19:8
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ps. 22:8
He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Ps. 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Ps. 34:5
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

Ps. 36:9
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

Ps. 37:4
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Ps. 37:6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Ps. 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Ps. 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Ps. 38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Ps. 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Ps. 43:3
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Ps. 44:3
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

Ps. 49:19
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Ps. 51:16
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Ps. 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Ps. 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Ps. 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Ps. 68:30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Ps. 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Ps. 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Ps. 78:14
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

Ps. 89:15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

Ps. 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Ps. 94:19
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

Ps. 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

Ps. 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Ps. 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Ps. 105:39
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

Ps. 109:17
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Ps. 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Ps. 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Ps. 118:27
God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Ps. 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Ps. 119:24
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Ps. 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Ps. 119:47
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Ps. 119:70
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Ps. 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

Ps. 119:92
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Ps. 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ps. 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

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

Ps. 119:174
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

Ps. 135:7
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Ps. 136:7
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Ps. 139:12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Ps. 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Ps. 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Ps. 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.