Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'away' occurs 1369 times in the standard works.

430 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'away' in the standard works and contain 31.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 178 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 1:29-2:10 (12 in 12 verses)

Alma 24:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

4 Ne. 1:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 31:26-27 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

Jacob 5:65-69 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 39:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 19:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:17-7:1 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 1:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 3:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 12:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 29:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 52:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:43-46 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 21:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

John 19:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 58:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 5:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 49:25-50:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 13:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 1:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 26:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 15:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 19:21-20:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 20:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:73-75 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 7:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Omni 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 11:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 1:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:34 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 20:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 34:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 68:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 57:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 41:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 38:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

John 16:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 21:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:4 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 56:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 39:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 90:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 59:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.




Ezek. 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Tim. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

James 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:30-15:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 74:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 704 0 704
Gen. 39 0 39
Ex. 17 0 17
Lev. 20 0 20
Num. 12 0 12
Deut. 30 0 30
Josh. 12 0 12
Judg. 18 0 18
1 Sam. 28 0 28
2 Sam. 22 0 22
1 Kgs. 29 0 29
2 Kgs. 35 0 35
1 Chr. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 39 0 39
Ezra 9 0 9
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 48 0 48
Ps. 44 0 44
Prov. 23 0 23
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 6 0 6
Isa. 67 0 67
Jer. 70 0 70
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 33 0 33
Dan. 12 0 12
Hosea 15 0 15
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 17 0 17
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 4 0 4
Nahum 6 0 6
Zeph. 3 0 3
Zech. 7 0 7
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 211 1 212
BM 380 0 380
DC 55 0 55
PGP 19 0 19
TOTAL 1369 1 1370

Ezek. 3:14
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

Ezek. 4:17
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Ezek. 11:18
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

Ezek. 14:6
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Ezek. 16:9
Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Ezek. 16:50
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

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. 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Ezek. 20:7
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Ezek. 20:8
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezek. 23:25
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezek. 23:26
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

Ezek. 23:29
And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezek. 24:16
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Ezek. 24:23
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

Ezek. 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

Ezek. 30:4
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Ezek. 33:4
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

Ezek. 33:6
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

Ezek. 33:10
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

Ezek. 34:4
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

Ezek. 34:16
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Ezek. 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezek. 38:13
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Ezek. 43:9
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Ezek. 44:10
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

Ezek. 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

Ezek. 45:9
Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.