Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'departed' occurs 270 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'departed' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 33:41-45 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 33:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 2:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 15:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 33:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 28:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

 28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?




1 Ne. 3:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 0 131
Gen. 12 0 12
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 25 0 25
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 8 0 8
1 Sam. 14 0 14
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 8 0 8
2 Kgs. 23 0 23
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 85 0 85
BM 46 0 46
DC 2 0 2
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 270 0 270

1 Sam. 4:21
And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

1 Sam. 4:22
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

1 Sam. 6:6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

1 Sam. 10:2
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

1 Sam. 15:6
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

1 Sam. 16:14
But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.

1 Sam. 16:23
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

1 Sam. 18:12
And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

1 Sam. 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Sam. 22:1
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

1 Sam. 22:5
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

1 Sam. 23:13
Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

1 Sam. 28:15
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1 Sam. 28:16
Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?