Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'return' occurs 384 times in the standard works.

103 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'return' in the standard works and contain 26.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 37 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 11:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

Song. 6:13 (4 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 15:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:55 (3 in 1 verse)

Mal. 3:7 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 6:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 12:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 11:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 20:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 30:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 5:15-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 250 162 412
Gen. 9 18 27
Ex. 4 8 12
Lev. 8 1 9
Num. 7 5 12
Deut. 10 1 11
Josh. 4 13 17
Judg. 2 8 10
Ruth 6 2 8
1 Sam. 11 12 23
2 Sam. 10 19 29
1 Kgs. 12 4 16
2 Kgs. 4 11 15
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 10 14 24
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 3 3 6
Esth. 2 2 4
Job 12 0 12
Ps. 14 3 17
Prov. 2 2 4
Eccl. 5 4 9
Song. 4 0 4
Isa. 14 5 19
Jer. 47 5 52
Ezek. 14 4 18
Dan. 9 3 12
Hosea 15 1 16
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 0 5 5
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Zech. 0 5 5
Mal. 5 0 5
NT 13 33 46
BM 86 59 145
DC 28 0 28
PGP 7 1 8
TOTAL 384 255 639

2 Chr. 6:24
And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

2 Chr. 6:38
If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

2 Chr. 10:6
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

2 Chr. 10:9
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2 Chr. 11:4
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

2 Chr. 18:16
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

2 Chr. 18:26
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

2 Chr. 18:27
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

2 Chr. 30:6
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

2 Chr. 30:9
For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.