Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'after' occurs 1927 times in the standard works.

623 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'after' in the standard works and contain 32.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 254 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 3:16-31 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Ne. 18:1-9 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

Moses 2:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

Abr. 4:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 10:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 9:19-22 (6 in 4 verses)

Rom. 8:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:33-34 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 7:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 20:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)


1 Kgs. 11:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.




Alma 31:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 24:14 (4 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 4:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 110:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 102:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 2:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 6:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Col. 2:8 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:15 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:57 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 38:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 12:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 14:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 15:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 23:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 25:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 9:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 1:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 64:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:95 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:123 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:85-86 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:22-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:27-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:43-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 6:9-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:88-89 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 883 64 947
Gen. 110 5 115
Ex. 39 3 42
Lev. 39 5 44
Num. 92 6 98
Deut. 41 3 44
Josh. 30 4 34
Judg. 34 5 39
Ruth 8 0 8
1 Sam. 46 3 49
2 Sam. 51 1 52
1 Kgs. 46 0 46
2 Kgs. 26 0 26
1 Chr. 26 1 27
2 Chr. 46 1 47
Ezra 11 1 12
Neh. 28 1 29
Esth. 7 0 7
Job 19 1 20
Ps. 27 1 28
Prov. 8 4 12
Eccl. 11 0 11
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 15 3 18
Jer. 52 4 56
Ezek. 41 6 47
Dan. 11 3 14
Hosea 9 1 10
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 5 0 5
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 296 31 327
BM 506 19 525
DC 154 33 187
PGP 88 8 96
TOTAL 1927 155 2082

1 Kgs. 1:6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kgs. 1:13
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

1 Kgs. 1:14
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

1 Kgs. 1:17
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

1 Kgs. 1:20
And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

1 Kgs. 1:24
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

1 Kgs. 1:27
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

1 Kgs. 1:30
Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

1 Kgs. 1:35
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

1 Kgs. 1:40
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

1 Kgs. 2:28
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1 Kgs. 3:12
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

1 Kgs. 3:18
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

1 Kgs. 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 7:11
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

1 Kgs. 7:31
And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

1 Kgs. 7:37
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

1 Kgs. 9:21
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

1 Kgs. 11:2
Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

1 Kgs. 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kgs. 11:5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kgs. 11:6
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.

1 Kgs. 11:10
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.

1 Kgs. 11:15
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

1 Kgs. 12:14
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

1 Kgs. 13:14
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

1 Kgs. 13:23
And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

1 Kgs. 13:31
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

1 Kgs. 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

1 Kgs. 15:4
Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

1 Kgs. 16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

1 Kgs. 17:7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kgs. 17:13
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

1 Kgs. 17:17
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

1 Kgs. 18:1
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

1 Kgs. 18:28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

1 Kgs. 19:11
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

1 Kgs. 19:12
And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1 Kgs. 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

1 Kgs. 19:21
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

1 Kgs. 20:15
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

1 Kgs. 21:1
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.