Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'other' occurs 754 times in the standard works.

208 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'other' in the standard works and contain 27.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 81 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 6:24-27 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 3:11-12 (5 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Moses 5:43-44 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)


Josh. 23:16-24:3 (4 in 4 verses)

 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

 24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.




John 6:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 50:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 87:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

John 20:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 41:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:64 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 73:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 12:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:140 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 36:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 4:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 82:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:95-96 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 314 772 1086
Gen. 17 138 155
Ex. 39 43 82
Lev. 18 36 54
Num. 11 18 29
Deut. 22 55 77
Josh. 21 4 25
Judg. 16 37 53
Ruth 2 15 17
1 Sam. 19 23 42
2 Sam. 9 39 48
1 Kgs. 27 37 64
2 Kgs. 8 33 41
1 Chr. 4 26 30
2 Chr. 22 23 45
Ezra 2 2 4
Neh. 9 9 18
Esth. 2 7 9
Job 2 22 24
Ps. 3 24 27
Prov. 0 24 24
Eccl. 3 6 9
Song. 0 10 10
Isa. 2 25 27
Jer. 23 31 54
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 18 39 57
Dan. 8 13 21
Hosea 3 7 10
Joel 0 2 2
Amos 0 3 3
Obad. 1 2 3
Micah 0 3 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 3 8 11
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 150 507 657
BM 156 388 544
DC 109 163 272
PGP 25 62 87
TOTAL 754 1892 2646

Josh. 2:10
For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

Josh. 2:13
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Josh. 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Josh. 6:23
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

Josh. 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

Josh. 8:22
And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

Josh. 11:19
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.

Josh. 12:1
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

Josh. 13:27
And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

Josh. 13:32
These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

Josh. 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

Josh. 15:17
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

Josh. 17:5
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

Josh. 20:8
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 21:27
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

Josh. 22:4
And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

Josh. 22:7
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Josh. 23:16
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

Josh. 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Josh. 24:3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

Josh. 24:8
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

Josh. 24:14
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

Josh. 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:16
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;