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

Gen. 19:2
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Gen. 27:44
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;

Gen. 30:27
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

Gen. 45:9
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: