Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hither' occurs 95 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hither' in the standard works and contain 13.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 222 265
NT 24 48 72
BM 22 84 106
1 Ne. 3 12 15
2 Ne. 1 2 3
Jacob 6 8 14
Mosiah 5 9 14
Alma 2 28 30
Hel. 3 6 9
3 Ne. 2 7 9
Morm. 0 2 2
Ether 0 8 8
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 6 12 18
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 95 366 461

Ether 1:38
And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying: Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is choice above all the earth? And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance.

Ether 2:5
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should go forth into the wilderness, yea, into that quarter where there never had man been. And it came to pass that the Lord did go before them, and did talk with them as he stood in a cloud, and gave directions whither they should travel.

Ether 2:11
And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God-- that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.

Ether 2:16
And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of barges which ye have hitherto built. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which they had built, according to the instructions of the Lord. And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.

Ether 2:19
And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.

Ether 7:25
And he did execute a law throughout all the land, which gave power unto the prophets that they should go whithersoever they would; and by this cause the people were brought unto repentance.

Ether 14:1
And now there began to be a great curse upon all the land because of the iniquity of the people, in which, if a man should lay his tool or his sword upon his shelf, or upon the place whither he would keep it, behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it, so great was the curse upon the land.

Ether 14:15
And it came to pass that Lib did pursue him until he came to the plains of Agosh. And Coriantumr had taken all the people with him as he fled before Lib in that quarter of the land whither he fled.