Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'aside' occurs 88 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'aside' in the standard works and contain 19.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

 2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.




1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 60 0 60
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 3 0 3
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 8 0 8
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 5 0 5
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 12 0 12
BM 14 0 14
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 88 0 88

2 Sam. 2:21
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2 Sam. 2:22
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

2 Sam. 2:23
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2 Sam. 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Sam. 6:10
So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

2 Sam. 18:30
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.