Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'now' occurs 2836 times in the standard works.

957 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'now' in the standard works and contain 33.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 450 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:18-35 (18 in 18 verses)

Alma 11:42-12:9 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 44:3-12 (11 in 10 verses)

Mosiah 7:10-17 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 10:20-28 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 18:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 26:35-27:4 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 40:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 27:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 13:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:46-51 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:29-43:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 17:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 31:19-32:2 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 21:36-22:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 22:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 42:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 45:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 57:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 8:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 14:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

John 16:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:31-11:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 11:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:16-26:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 27:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 29:16-30:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 6:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 33:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 13:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 25:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:41-59:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 16:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:26-18:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 4:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 1:10-2:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 40:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)


Micah 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

 4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

 4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

 4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.




Hag. 2:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:26-8:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:21-17:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:34-23:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 31:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:15-39:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 10:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 73:6-74:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 30:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:30 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 72:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:31-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jude 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:30-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:37-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:20-18:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:29-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:20-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:34-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:23-34:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:30-37:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:36-48:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:40-51:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:24-55:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:36-58:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:21-62:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:29-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:17-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:6-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:41-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 949 896 1845
Gen. 88 38 126
Ex. 36 38 74
Lev. 0 7 7
Num. 32 16 48
Deut. 11 36 47
Josh. 33 12 45
Judg. 48 11 59
Ruth 8 9 17
1 Sam. 84 26 110
2 Sam. 60 17 77
1 Kgs. 44 27 71
2 Kgs. 59 16 75
1 Chr. 46 8 54
2 Chr. 62 17 79
Ezra 25 6 31
Neh. 21 4 25
Esth. 10 5 15
Job 44 80 124
Ps. 23 89 112
Prov. 6 70 76
Eccl. 7 36 43
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 41 72 113
Jer. 57 64 121
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 29 98 127
Dan. 25 47 72
Hosea 13 19 32
Joel 1 3 4
Amos 2 3 5
Jonah 4 2 6
Micah 9 3 12
Nahum 1 2 3
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 7 0 7
Zech. 6 7 13
Mal. 5 2 7
NT 407 579 986
BM 1230 848 2078
DC 204 286 490
PGP 46 56 102
TOTAL 2836 2665 5501

Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Micah 4:9
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Micah 4:10
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Micah 4:11
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

Micah 4:12
But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

Micah 5:1
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Micah 5:4
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

Micah 7:4
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

Micah 7:10
Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.