Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'present' occurs 151 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'present' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 3:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:3 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 28 92
Gen. 9 2 11
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 4 6 10
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 1 2
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 5 2 7
1 Sam. 6 3 9
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 4 1 5
2 Kgs. 6 1 7
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 10 3 13
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 1 3 4
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 1 1 2
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
NT 42 6 48
BM 11 6 17
DC 29 8 37
PGP 5 2 7
TOTAL 151 50 201

Gen. 32:13
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

Gen. 32:18
Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

Gen. 32:20
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

Gen. 32:21
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

Gen. 33:10
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Gen. 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Gen. 43:15
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

Gen. 43:25
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

Gen. 43:26
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

Gen. 46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Gen. 47:2
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.