Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'return' occurs 384 times in the standard works.

103 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'return' in the standard works and contain 26.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 37 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 11:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

Song. 6:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 15:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:55 (3 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:7 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 6:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 5:15-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 250 162 412
Gen. 9 18 27
Ex. 4 8 12
Lev. 8 1 9
Num. 7 5 12
Deut. 10 1 11
Josh. 4 13 17
Judg. 2 8 10
Ruth 6 2 8
1 Sam. 11 12 23
2 Sam. 10 19 29
1 Kgs. 12 4 16
2 Kgs. 4 11 15
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 10 14 24
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 3 3 6
Esth. 2 2 4
Job 12 0 12
Ps. 14 3 17
Prov. 2 2 4
Eccl. 5 4 9
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 14 5 19
Jer. 47 5 52
Ezek. 14 4 18
Dan. 9 3 12
Hosea 15 1 16
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 0 5 5
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Zech. 0 5 5
Mal. 5 0 5
NT 13 33 46
BM 86 59 145
DC 28 0 28
PGP 7 1 8
TOTAL 384 255 639

Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Job 16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Job 33:25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:

Job 36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Job 39:4
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.