Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turned' occurs 340 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'turned' in the standard works and contain 13.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 13:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 22:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 29:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 10:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 70:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 249 155 404
NT 38 30 68
BM 31 57 88
DC 13 0 13
PGP 9 1 10
TOTAL 340 243 583

D&C 29:14
But, behold, I say unto you that before this great day shall come the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater signs in heaven above and in the earth beneath;

D&C 29:36
And it came to pass that Adam, being tempted of the devil-- for, behold, the devil was before Adam, for he rebelled against me, saying, Give me thine honor, which is my power; and also a third part of the hosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their agency;

D&C 34:9
But before that great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood; and the stars shall refuse their shining, and some shall fall, and great destructions await the wicked.

D&C 45:42
And before the day of the Lord shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood, and the stars fall from heaven.

D&C 61:20
I, the Lord, was angry with you yesterday, but today mine anger is turned away.

D&C 63:13
Nevertheless, I give commandments, and many have turned away from my commandments and have not kept them.

D&C 63:14
There were among you adulterers and adulteresses; some of whom have turned away from you, and others remain with you that hereafter shall be revealed.

D&C 66:1
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant William E. McLellin-- Blessed are you, inasmuch as you have turned away from your iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the Savior of the world, even of as many as believe on my name.

D&C 98:47
But if the children shall repent, or the children's children, and turn to the Lord their God, with all their hearts and with all their might, mind, and strength, and restore four-fold for all their trespasses wherewith they have trespassed, or wherewith their fathers have trespassed, or their fathers' fathers, then thine indignation shall be turned away;

D&C 117:5
Let the properties of Kirtland be turned out for debts, saith the Lord. Let them go, saith the Lord, and whatsoever remaineth, let it remain in your hands, saith the Lord.

D&C 122:3
And thy people shall never be turned against thee by the testimony of traitors.

D&C 133:24
And the land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into their own place, and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided.

D&C 135:4
When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I shall die innocent, and it shall yet be said of me-- he was murdered in cold blood."-- The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go-- shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it was-- he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it: