Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tarry' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

18 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tarry' in the standard works and contain 21.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hab. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:70 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 111:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 117:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 2 38
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Judg. 5 0 5
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 1 0 1
Ps. 1 2 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
NT 15 0 15
BM 11 1 12
DC 22 1 23
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 85 4 89

1 Sam. 1:23
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

1 Sam. 10:8
And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

1 Sam. 14:9
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.