Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fifteen' occurs 30 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fifteen' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 27:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 38:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 20 17 37
NT 4 1 5
BM 1 5 6
DC 3 0 3
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 30 25 55

Gen. 5:10
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Gen. 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Ex. 27:14
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 27:15
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 38:14
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 38:15
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 38:25
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Lev. 27:7
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

Num. 31:37
And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

Judg. 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

2 Sam. 9:10
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Sam. 19:17
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

1 Kgs. 7:3
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

2 Kgs. 14:17
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2 Kgs. 20:6
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

2 Chr. 25:25
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Isa. 38:5
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Ezek. 45:12
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

Hosea 3:2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

John 11:18
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

Acts 7:14
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

Acts 27:28
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Gal. 1:18
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Morm. 1:15
And I, being fifteen years of age and being somewhat of a sober mind, therefore I was visited of the Lord, and tasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus.

D&C 124:64
And they shall not receive less than fifty dollars for a share of stock in that house, and they shall be permitted to receive fifteen thousand dollars from any one man for stock in that house.

D&C 124:65
But they shall not be permitted to receive over fifteen thousand dollars stock from any one man.

D&C 124:72
Verily I say unto you, let my servant Joseph pay stock into their hands for the building of that house, as seemeth him good; but my servant Joseph cannot pay over fifteen thousand dollars stock in that house, nor under fifty dollars; neither can any other man, saith the Lord.

Moses 6:18
And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat many sons and daughters. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

JS-H 1:22
I soon found, however, that my telling the story had excited a great deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion, and was the cause of great persecution, which continued to increase; and though I was an obscure boy, only between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and my circumstances in life such as to make a boy of no consequence in the world, yet men of high standing would take notice sufficient to excite the public mind against me, and create a bitter persecution; and this was common among all the sects-- all united to persecute me.