Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'right' occurs 482 times in the standard works.

132 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'right' in the standard works and contain 27.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 8:23-26 (8 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:14-17 (7 in 4 verses)

Lev. 14:25-28 (7 in 4 verses)

D&C 134:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 29:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 9:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 144:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 48:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 11:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 16:11-17:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:31-110:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:20-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 293 583 876
Gen. 10 20 30
Ex. 11 5 16
Lev. 25 16 41
Num. 4 1 5
Deut. 14 13 27
Josh. 5 0 5
Judg. 8 2 10
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 4 7
2 Sam. 9 7 16
1 Kgs. 13 7 20
2 Kgs. 14 1 15
1 Chr. 3 5 8
2 Chr. 19 6 25
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 5 1 6
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 12 36 48
Ps. 55 173 228
Prov. 19 101 120
Eccl. 2 9 11
Song. 2 2 4
Isa. 14 76 90
Jer. 10 17 27
Lam. 3 1 4
Ezek. 17 41 58
Dan. 1 13 14
Hosea 1 3 4
Amos 2 6 8
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 0 5 5
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 1 4 5
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 6 2 8
Mal. 1 3 4
NT 66 182 248
BM 52 281 333
DC 55 100 155
PGP 16 24 40
TOTAL 482 1170 1652

Josh. 1:7
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Josh. 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Josh. 9:25
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Josh. 17:7
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

Josh. 23:6
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;