Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'toward' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

136 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'toward' in the standard works and contain 38.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 48 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 28:54-57 (8 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 40:20-27 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Zech. 14:4-8 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 42:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 41:11-14 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:25 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:4 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:29-30 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 8:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.




Ezek. 40:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 6:38 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Philem. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 289 0 289
NT 57 1 58
BM 2 101 103
DC 4 7 11
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 354 112 466

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