Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'when' occurs 3701 times in the standard works.

1382 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'when' in the standard works and contain 37.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 614 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 29:2-11 (11 in 10 verses)

 29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

 29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

 29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

 29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

 29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

 29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

 29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:




Ezek. 1:17-25 (10 in 9 verses)

Morm. 8:26-34 (10 in 9 verses)

Prov. 8:24-29 (8 in 6 verses)

Alma 33:4-10 (8 in 7 verses)

Matt. 2:7-14 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 58:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 107:45-52 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 132:15-19 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 1:44-50 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 22:17-23 (7 in 7 verses)

Deut. 6:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Acts 28:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 38:38-39:2 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 7:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Matt. 6:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

3 Ne. 13:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

JS-H 1:42-47 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 10:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

James 1:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

Morm. 9:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 10:34-11:2 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 4:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 20:21-25 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 22:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 46:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Luke 10:31-35 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 23:33-24:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 25:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 45:34-38 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 7:45-49 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 11:19 (4 in 1 verse)

Micah 5:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:33-35 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 49:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 28:28-29:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 16:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 4:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 13:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 9:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 23:24-24:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 25:17-26:1 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 10:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 5:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 6:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 20:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 11:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 14:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

John 6:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

John 20:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 5:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 8:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 24:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Heb. 11:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Pet. 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 24:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 27:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 47:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 62:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 6:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Prov. 6:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 23:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 25:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Esth. 2:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 31:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 1:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 30:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

John 2:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

John 21:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 18:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 13:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 16:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

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