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)

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)

 2:23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

 3:1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;




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

Judg. 2:21
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

Judg. 2:23
Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

Judg. 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

Judg. 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

Judg. 3:21
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

Judg. 4:16
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

Judg. 6:4
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

Judg. 7:20
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

Judg. 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

Judg. 9:5
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

Judg. 16:29
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

Judg. 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.