Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'soon' occurs 133 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'soon' in the standard works and contain 11.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Enos 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:26 And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been wrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy unto this people, and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ. And I have declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it above that of the world.

 1:27 And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 0 41
NT 24 2 26
BM 44 2 46
1 Ne. 3 1 4
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 6 0 6
Enos 2 0 2
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 16 1 17
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 15 1 16
PGP 9 4 13
TOTAL 133 9 142

Enos 1:26
And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been wrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy unto this people, and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ. And I have declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it above that of the world.

Enos 1:27
And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.