Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'toward' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

136 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'toward' in the standard works and contain 38.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 48 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 28:54-57 (8 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 40:20-27 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Zech. 14:4-8 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 42:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 41:11-14 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:25 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:4 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:29-30 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 8:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 6:38 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Philem. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 289 0 289
Gen. 19 0 19
Ex. 13 0 13
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 10 0 10
Josh. 22 0 22
Judg. 10 0 10
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 18 0 18
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 11 0 11
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 12 0 12
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 80 0 80
Dan. 12 0 12
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Zech. 9 0 9
NT 57 1 58
BM 2 101 103
DC 4 7 11
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 354 112 466

1 Sam. 13:18
And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1 Sam. 17:30
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

1 Sam. 17:48
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

1 Sam. 20:12
And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

1 Sam. 20:41
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.