Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'before' occurs 2535 times in the standard works.

897 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'before' in the standard works and contain 35.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 377 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 32:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 27:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

Deut. 8:20-9:5 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 19:14-19 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 11:15-12:3 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 23:27-31 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 4:14-18 (6 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 26:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 6:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 4:32-33 (5 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:69-71 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 4:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

Luke 12:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 9:24-10:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 8:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Zeph. 2:2 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 4:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)


Micah 6:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

 6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?




1 Tim. 5:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Moses 3:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 13:21-14:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 16:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 3:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 27:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 17:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 10:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:62-65 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 13:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 68:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 6:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 7:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-55 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 14:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 133:54 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 7:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 19:24-20:1 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:15-10:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 18:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 22:29-23:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 4:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 6:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 30:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 6:25-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:23-5:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 8:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 20:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 6:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 119:168-170 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 21:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:21-11:1 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 30:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 7:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 22:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 142:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 16:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 8:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 11:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:47 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

John 1:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 25:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 18:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:27 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:37 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 21:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 68:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 123:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:52-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:33-15:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 88:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 141:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 66:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:13-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:75-76 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:30-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:24-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:89-90 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1503 10 1513
Gen. 91 0 91
Ex. 91 0 91
Lev. 90 0 90
Num. 105 0 105
Deut. 102 1 103
Josh. 87 2 89
Judg. 42 0 42
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 79 3 82
2 Sam. 55 1 56
1 Kgs. 73 0 73
2 Kgs. 44 1 45
1 Chr. 50 0 50
2 Chr. 83 0 83
Ezra 12 0 12
Neh. 23 1 24
Esth. 25 0 25
Job 29 0 29
Ps. 90 0 90
Prov. 25 0 25
Eccl. 14 0 14
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 55 1 56
Jer. 61 0 61
Lam. 6 0 6
Ezek. 58 0 58
Dan. 51 0 51
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 7 0 7
Amos 4 0 4
Jonah 2 0 2
Micah 8 0 8
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 5 0 5
Hag. 3 0 3
Zech. 16 0 16
Mal. 7 0 7
NT 293 6 299
BM 433 4 437
DC 254 1 255
PGP 52 0 52
TOTAL 2535 21 2556

Micah 1:4
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

Micah 2:13
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 6:4
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Micah 6:6
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?