Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'instead' occurs 59 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'instead' in the standard works and contain 44.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 3:24 (5 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 13:24 (5 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 31:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 0 39
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 11 0 11
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 7 0 7
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 12 0 12
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 59 0 59

Num. 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Num. 3:41
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

Num. 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

Num. 5:19
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Num. 5:20
But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

Num. 5:29
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

Num. 8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Num. 10:31
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.