Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'after' occurs 1927 times in the standard works.

623 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'after' in the standard works and contain 32.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 254 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 3:16-31 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Ne. 18:1-9 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

Moses 2:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

Abr. 4:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 10:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 9:19-22 (6 in 4 verses)

Rom. 8:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:33-34 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 7:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 20:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 31:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 24:14 (4 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 4:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 110:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 102:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 2:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 6:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Col. 2:8 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:15 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:57 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 14:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

 14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

 14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.




2 Sam. 20:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 38:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 12:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 14:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 15:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 23:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 25:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 9:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 1:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 64:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:95 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:123 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:85-86 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:22-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:27-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:43-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 6:9-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:88-89 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 883 64 947
Gen. 110 5 115
Ex. 39 3 42
Lev. 39 5 44
Num. 92 6 98
Deut. 41 3 44
Josh. 30 4 34
Judg. 34 5 39
Ruth 8 0 8
1 Sam. 46 3 49
2 Sam. 51 1 52
1 Kgs. 46 0 46
2 Kgs. 26 0 26
1 Chr. 26 1 27
2 Chr. 46 1 47
Ezra 11 1 12
Neh. 28 1 29
Esth. 7 0 7
Job 19 1 20
Ps. 27 1 28
Prov. 8 4 12
Eccl. 11 0 11
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 15 3 18
Jer. 52 4 56
Ezek. 41 6 47
Dan. 11 3 14
Hosea 9 1 10
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 5 0 5
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 296 31 327
BM 506 19 525
DC 154 33 187
PGP 88 8 96
TOTAL 1927 155 2082

1 Sam. 1:9
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.

1 Sam. 1:20
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

1 Sam. 5:9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

1 Sam. 6:12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

1 Sam. 7:2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

1 Sam. 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

1 Sam. 9:13
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

1 Sam. 10:5
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

1 Sam. 11:5
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

1 Sam. 11:7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1 Sam. 12:21
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

1 Sam. 13:4
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

1 Sam. 13:14
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

1 Sam. 14:12
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

1 Sam. 14:13
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.

1 Sam. 14:22
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

1 Sam. 14:36
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

1 Sam. 14:37
And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

1 Sam. 15:31
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.

1 Sam. 17:27
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

1 Sam. 17:30
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

1 Sam. 17:35
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

1 Sam. 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

1 Sam. 20:37
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

1 Sam. 20:38
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

1 Sam. 22:20
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

1 Sam. 23:25
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Sam. 23:28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Sam. 24:5
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

1 Sam. 24:8
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

1 Sam. 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

1 Sam. 24:21
Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

1 Sam. 25:13
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

1 Sam. 25:19
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

1 Sam. 25:38
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

1 Sam. 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

1 Sam. 26:3
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

1 Sam. 26:18
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

1 Sam. 30:8
And David inquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.