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)

 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.




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)

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

Deut. 7:4
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

Deut. 7:15
And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

Deut. 13:5
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Deut. 13:10
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deut. 15:13
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

Deut. 15:16
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

Deut. 15:18
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

Deut. 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

Deut. 17:12
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

Deut. 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Deut. 19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

Deut. 19:19
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

Deut. 21:9
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deut. 21:21
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Deut. 22:19
And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

Deut. 22:21
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

Deut. 22:22
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

Deut. 22:24
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

Deut. 22:29
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

Deut. 23:14
For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

Deut. 24:4
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deut. 24:7
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

Deut. 26:13
Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

Deut. 26:14
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

Deut. 28:26
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Deut. 28:31
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

Deut. 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Deut. 30:17
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;