Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sun' occurs 200 times in the standard works.

35 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sun' in the standard works and contain 17.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 10:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:70-71 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 8:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Eccl. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 130 37 167
Gen. 6 0 6
Ex. 4 0 4
Lev. 1 2 3
Num. 2 3 5
Deut. 8 2 10
Josh. 7 5 12
Judg. 5 1 6
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 4 2 6
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 4 3 7
Ps. 14 6 20
Eccl. 35 0 35
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 12 3 15
Jer. 3 3 6
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 1 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 1 2
Hab. 1 1 2
Zech. 0 2 2
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 30 15 45
BM 14 18 32
DC 20 7 27
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 200 78 278

Song. 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Song. 6:10
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?