Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hitherto' occurs 45 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hitherto' in the standard works and contain 17.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 15 0 15
Ex. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 3 0 3
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
NT 4 0 4
BM 25 0 25
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 45 0 45

Ex. 7:16
And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Josh. 17:14
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?

Judg. 16:13
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

1 Sam. 1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1 Sam. 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

2 Sam. 7:18
Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

2 Sam. 15:34
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

1 Chr. 9:18
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

1 Chr. 12:29
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

1 Chr. 17:16
And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Ps. 71:17
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Isa. 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Isa. 18:7
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.

Dan. 7:28
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.