Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turn' occurs 369 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'turn' in the standard works and contain 20.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 132:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 258 716 974
NT 25 91 116
BM 62 183 245
DC 19 44 63
PGP 5 17 22
Moses 3 7 10
Abr. 0 6 6
JS-M 0 2 2
JS-H 2 2 4
TOTAL 369 1051 1420

Moses 4:25
By the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou shalt return unto the ground-- for thou shalt surely die-- for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou wast, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Moses 4:30
For as I, the Lord God, liveth, even so my words cannot return void, for as they go forth out of my mouth they must be fulfilled.

Moses 4:31
So I drove out the man, and I placed at the east of the Garden of Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.

Moses 7:3
And it came to pass that I turned and went up on the mount; and as I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I was clothed upon with glory;

Moses 7:13
And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness; and all nations feared greatly, so powerful was the word of Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which God had given him.

Moses 7:39
And that which I have chosen hath pled before my face. Wherefore, he suffereth for their sins; inasmuch as they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me, and until that day they shall be in torment;

Abr. 1:5
My fathers, having turned from their righteousness, and from the holy commandments which the Lord their God had given unto them, unto the worshiping of the gods of the heathen, utterly refused to hearken to my voice;

Abr. 1:6
For their hearts were set to do evil, and were wholly turned to the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt;

Abr. 1:7
Therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of the heathen in offering up their children unto these dumb idols, and hearkened not unto my voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest of Elkenah. The priest of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh.

Abr. 1:17
And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.

Abr. 2:5
And the famine abated; and my father tarried in Haran and dwelt there, as there were many flocks in Haran; and my father turned again unto his idolatry, therefore he continued in Haran.

Abr. 2:17
Now I, Abraham, built an altar in the land of Jershon, and made an offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the famine might be turned away from my father's house, that they might not perish.

JS-M 1:14
Let him who is on the housetop flee, and not return to take anything out of his house;

JS-M 1:15
Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes;

JS-H 1:50
I obeyed; I returned to my father in the field, and rehearsed the whole matter to him. He replied to me that it was of God, and told me to go and do as commanded by the messenger. I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant that I arrived there.

JS-H 1:63
Sometime in this month of February, the aforementioned Mr. Martin Harris came to our place, got the characters which I had drawn off the plates, and started with them to the city of New York. For what took place relative to him and the characters, I refer to his own account of the circumstances, as he related them to me after his return, which was as follows: