Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'back' occurs 217 times in the standard works.

42 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'back' in the standard works and contain 19.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 22:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 136 53 189
Gen. 5 3 8
Ex. 4 3 7
Lev. 0 2 2
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 4 2 6
Judg. 2 1 3
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 3 1 4
2 Sam. 11 0 11
1 Kgs. 14 0 14
2 Kgs. 8 4 12
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 6 1 7
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 6 1 7
Ps. 20 3 23
Prov. 3 2 5
Isa. 8 5 13
Jer. 20 15 35
Lam. 2 1 3
Ezek. 6 2 8
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 3 4
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 18 4 22
BM 52 6 58
DC 7 3 10
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 217 66 283

1 Kgs. 13:18
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kgs. 13:19
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

1 Kgs. 13:20
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:

1 Kgs. 13:22
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

1 Kgs. 13:23
And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

1 Kgs. 13:26
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.

1 Kgs. 13:29
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kgs. 14:9
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

1 Kgs. 14:28
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

1 Kgs. 18:37
Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

1 Kgs. 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

1 Kgs. 19:21
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

1 Kgs. 22:26
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

1 Kgs. 22:33
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.