Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nine' occurs 71 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nine' in the standard works and contain 21.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 45 44 89
NT 5 7 12
Matt. 2 3 5
Luke 3 4 7
BM 12 30 42
DC 2 4 6
PGP 7 3 10
TOTAL 71 88 159

Matt. 12:41
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Matt. 18:12
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Matt. 18:13
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

Luke 11:30
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Luke 11:32
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Luke 15:4
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Luke 15:7
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 17:17
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?