Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turn' occurs 369 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'turn' in the standard works and contain 20.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 132:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 258 716 974
Gen. 4 33 37
Ex. 4 24 28
Lev. 2 17 19
Num. 7 21 28
Deut. 22 22 44
Josh. 7 28 35
Judg. 6 28 34
Ruth 3 10 13
1 Sam. 7 38 45
2 Sam. 9 34 43
1 Kgs. 9 32 41
2 Kgs. 8 33 41
1 Chr. 2 5 7
2 Chr. 14 34 48
Ezra 0 4 4
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 2 6 8
Job 5 32 37
Ps. 27 46 73
Prov. 8 11 19
Eccl. 1 11 12
Song. 2 6 8
Isa. 17 40 57
Jer. 23 75 98
Lam. 4 9 13
Ezek. 23 37 60
Dan. 5 15 20
Hosea 3 19 22
Joel 2 4 6
Amos 13 7 20
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 3 1 4
Micah 1 3 4
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 3 1 4
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 6 8 14
Mal. 3 5 8
NT 25 91 116
BM 62 183 245
DC 19 44 63
PGP 5 17 22
TOTAL 369 1051 1420

Judg. 2:17
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

Judg. 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Judg. 3:19
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

Judg. 4:18
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

Judg. 5:29
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

Judg. 7:3
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

Judg. 7:13
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

Judg. 7:15
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Judg. 8:13
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

Judg. 8:33
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

Judg. 11:8
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judg. 11:31
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

Judg. 11:39
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

Judg. 14:8
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

Judg. 15:4
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

Judg. 18:3
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

Judg. 18:15
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

Judg. 18:21
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

Judg. 18:23
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

Judg. 18:26
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

Judg. 19:11
And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

Judg. 19:12
And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

Judg. 19:15
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

Judg. 20:8
And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

Judg. 20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Judg. 20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

Judg. 20:45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

Judg. 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

Judg. 20:48
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

Judg. 21:23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.