Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turn' occurs 369 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'turn' in the standard works and contain 20.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 132:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 258 716 974
Gen. 4 33 37
Ex. 4 24 28
Lev. 2 17 19
Num. 7 21 28
Deut. 22 22 44
Josh. 7 28 35
Judg. 6 28 34
Ruth 3 10 13
1 Sam. 7 38 45
2 Sam. 9 34 43
1 Kgs. 9 32 41
2 Kgs. 8 33 41
1 Chr. 2 5 7
2 Chr. 14 34 48
Ezra 0 4 4
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 2 6 8
Job 5 32 37
Ps. 27 46 73
Prov. 8 11 19
Eccl. 1 11 12
Song. 2 6 8
Isa. 17 40 57
Jer. 23 75 98
Lam. 4 9 13
Ezek. 23 37 60
Dan. 5 15 20
Hosea 3 19 22
Joel 2 4 6
Amos 13 7 20
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 3 1 4
Micah 1 3 4
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 3 1 4
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 6 8 14
Mal. 3 5 8
NT 25 91 116
BM 62 183 245
DC 19 44 63
PGP 5 17 22
TOTAL 369 1051 1420

Ps. 6:4
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Ps. 7:7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Ps. 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Ps. 9:3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Ps. 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Ps. 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Ps. 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Ps. 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Ps. 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Ps. 44:18
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

Ps. 59:6
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 59:14
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Ps. 66:20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Ps. 70:2
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Ps. 70:3
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Ps. 73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Ps. 74:21
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Ps. 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Ps. 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Ps. 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Ps. 78:41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Ps. 78:44
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

Ps. 78:57
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Ps. 80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Ps. 81:14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Ps. 85:3
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Ps. 89:43
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Ps. 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Ps. 90:13
Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Ps. 94:15
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Ps. 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Ps. 105:25
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

Ps. 105:29
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Ps. 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Ps. 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Ps. 114:8
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Ps. 116:7
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Ps. 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Ps. 126:1
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Ps. 129:5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Ps. 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.