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)

 19:13 And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet, they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the God of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and wonders, and the power and glory of the God of Israel.

 19:14 And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet, and have despised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander in the flesh, and perish, and become a hiss and a byword, and be hated among all nations.

 19:15 Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith the prophet, that they no more turn aside their hearts against the Holy One of Israel, then will he remember the covenants which he made to their fathers.





Ruth 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

 4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.





2 Sam. 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

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





Ex. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

 3:4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.





Num. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

 5:20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:





1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.




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

Ex. 3:3
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Ex. 3:4
And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

Ex. 32:8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.