Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'left' occurs 461 times in the standard works.

79 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'left' in the standard works and contain 17.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Joel 1:4 (3 in 1 verse)


Gen. 48:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.




2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 41:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 31:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:23-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 274 10 284
Gen. 26 0 26
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 12 1 13
Josh. 16 0 16
Judg. 10 2 12
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 13 0 13
2 Sam. 12 0 12
1 Kgs. 20 0 20
2 Kgs. 21 0 21
1 Chr. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 22 0 22
Neh. 4 1 5
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 21 1 22
Jer. 16 1 17
Ezek. 17 0 17
Dan. 4 0 4
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 0 1 1
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 74 0 74
BM 72 1 73
DC 24 0 24
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 461 11 472

Gen. 11:8
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Gen. 13:9
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Gen. 14:15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Gen. 17:22
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

Gen. 18:33
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Gen. 24:27
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Gen. 24:49
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Gen. 29:35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Gen. 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

Gen. 32:8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

Gen. 32:24
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Gen. 39:6
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

Gen. 39:12
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

Gen. 39:13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

Gen. 39:15
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

Gen. 39:18
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

Gen. 41:49
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Gen. 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Gen. 44:12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Gen. 44:20
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Gen. 47:18
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

Gen. 48:13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

Gen. 48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Gen. 50:8
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.