Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tarry' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

18 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tarry' in the standard works and contain 21.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hab. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:70 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 111:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 117:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 2 38
NT 15 0 15
BM 11 1 12
DC 22 1 23
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 85 4 89

Ps. 40:17
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Ps. 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

Alma 20:12
And he also told him all the cause of his tarrying in his own kingdom, that he did not go unto his father to the feast which he had prepared.

D&C 84:118
For, with you saith the Lord Almighty, I will rend their kingdoms; I will not only shake the earth, but the starry heavens shall tremble.