Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'before' occurs 2535 times in the standard works.

897 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'before' in the standard works and contain 35.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 377 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 32:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 27:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

Deut. 8:20-9:5 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 19:14-19 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 11:15-12:3 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 23:27-31 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 4:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 26:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 6:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 4:32-33 (5 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:69-71 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Luke 12:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 9:24-10:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 8:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Zeph. 2:2 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Micah 6:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 5:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Moses 3:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 13:21-14:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 16:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 3:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 27:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 17:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 10:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:62-65 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 13:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 68:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 6:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 7:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-55 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 14:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 133:54 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:24-20:1 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:15-10:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 22:29-23:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 6:25-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:23-5:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 6:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:168-170 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 21:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:21-11:1 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Chr. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.




Ezra 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 142:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 11:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 25:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

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