Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'return' occurs 384 times in the standard works.

103 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'return' in the standard works and contain 26.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 37 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 11:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

Song. 6:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 15:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:55 (3 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:7 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 6:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

 6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.




2 Sam. 15:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 5:15-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 250 162 412
Gen. 9 18 27
Ex. 4 8 12
Lev. 8 1 9
Num. 7 5 12
Deut. 10 1 11
Josh. 4 13 17
Judg. 2 8 10
Ruth 6 2 8
1 Sam. 11 12 23
2 Sam. 10 19 29
1 Kgs. 12 4 16
2 Kgs. 4 11 15
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 10 14 24
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 3 3 6
Esth. 2 2 4
Job 12 0 12
Ps. 14 3 17
Prov. 2 2 4
Eccl. 5 4 9
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 14 5 19
Jer. 47 5 52
Ezek. 14 4 18
Dan. 9 3 12
Hosea 15 1 16
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 0 5 5
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Zech. 0 5 5
Mal. 5 0 5
NT 13 33 46
BM 86 59 145
DC 28 0 28
PGP 7 1 8
TOTAL 384 255 639

1 Sam. 1:19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

1 Sam. 6:3
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

1 Sam. 6:4
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

1 Sam. 6:8
And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

1 Sam. 6:16
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

1 Sam. 6:17
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

1 Sam. 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 7:17
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 9:5
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

1 Sam. 15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

1 Sam. 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

1 Sam. 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 17:57
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Sam. 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

1 Sam. 23:28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Sam. 24:1
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

1 Sam. 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Sam. 26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

1 Sam. 26:25
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Sam. 27:9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

1 Sam. 29:4
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Sam. 29:7
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 29:11
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.