Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'short' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'short' in the standard works and contain 8.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 10 15
NT 8 16 24
Matt. 0 2 2
Mark 0 2 2
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 3 1 4
1 Cor. 1 1 2
Philip. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 1 2
2 Pet. 0 1 1
3 Jn. 0 1 1
Rev. 2 2 4
BM 5 8 13
DC 6 4 10
PGP 0 4 4
TOTAL 24 42 66

Matt. 24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Mark 13:20
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Acts 25:4
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Rom. 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Rom. 9:28
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

Rom. 16:20
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

1 Cor. 4:19
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

1 Cor. 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Philip. 2:19
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

Philip. 2:24
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

1 Thes. 2:17
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

1 Tim. 3:14
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

2 Tim. 4:9
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

Heb. 4:1
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Heb. 13:23
Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

2 Pet. 1:14
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

3 Jn. 1:14
But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

Rev. 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Rev. 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Rev. 17:10
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Rev. 22:6
And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.