Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turneth' occurs 35 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 'turneth' in the standard works and contain 17.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 19:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)


Ezek. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

 18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

 18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 33 10 43
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 35 10 45

Lev. 20:6
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Deut. 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Josh. 7:8
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

Josh. 19:27
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

Josh. 19:29
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

Josh. 19:34
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

Job 9:5
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Job 34:25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

Job 39:22
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Ps. 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Ps. 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Ps. 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Prov. 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Prov. 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Prov. 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Prov. 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Prov. 26:14
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

Prov. 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

Prov. 30:30
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

Eccl. 1:6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Song. 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

Isa. 9:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 24:1
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Isa. 44:25
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Isa. 55:10
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Jer. 14:8
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

Jer. 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Lam. 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Lam. 3:3
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

Ezek. 18:24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezek. 18:26
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Ezek. 18:27
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

Ezek. 18:28
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ezek. 33:12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

Ezek. 33:18
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Ezek. 35:7
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

Zech. 9:8
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

2 Ne. 19:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.

D&C 84:41
But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor in the world to come.