Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cometh' occurs 484 times in the standard works.

89 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cometh' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 22:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

Prov. 1:26-27 (4 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:76-6:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 14:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:88-90 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 96:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 3:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 45:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 72:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 121:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

John 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Thes. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.




2 Ne. 26:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 159 5 164
NT 123 21 144
Matt. 21 3 24
Mark 19 2 21
Luke 19 0 19
John 41 0 41
Acts 3 0 3
Rom. 2 1 3
1 Cor. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 1 2
Philip. 0 1 1
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 1 1 2
Titus 0 1 1
Heb. 3 0 3
James 1 0 1
1 Jn. 0 3 3
Jude 1 0 1
Rev. 4 8 12
BM 127 9 136
DC 66 2 68
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 484 37 521

1 Thes. 5:2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

1 Thes. 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.