Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'now' occurs 2836 times in the standard works.

957 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'now' in the standard works and contain 33.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 450 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:18-35 (18 in 18 verses)

Alma 11:42-12:9 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 44:3-12 (11 in 10 verses)

Mosiah 7:10-17 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 10:20-28 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 18:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 26:35-27:4 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 40:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Mosiah 27:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

Alma 13:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:46-51 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:29-43:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 17:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 31:19-32:2 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 21:36-22:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 7:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 22:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 42:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 45:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 57:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 8:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 14:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

John 16:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 10:31-11:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 11:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 20:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:16-26:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 27:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 29:16-30:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 30:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 46:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 6:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 33:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:9 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 13:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 1:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 25:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:41-59:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 9:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 16:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:26-18:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 4:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 1:10-2:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 6:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 40:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Micah 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 2:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 15:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 18:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 20:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 7:26-8:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:21-17:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 21:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:34-23:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 31:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 38:15-39:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:38-40 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 56:53-55 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 6:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 10:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 73:6-74:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 30:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 33:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:30 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 34:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 72:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 26:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 24:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:31-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mal. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

John 13:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

John 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jude 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 11:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:30-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:37-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:20-18:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:29-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:20-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:34-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:23-34:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:30-37:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:36-48:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:40-51:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:24-55:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:36-58:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 59:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:21-62:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:29-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:17-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:6-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:41-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 949 896 1845
Gen. 88 38 126
Ex. 36 38 74
Lev. 0 7 7
Num. 32 16 48
Deut. 11 36 47
Josh. 33 12 45
Judg. 48 11 59
Ruth 8 9 17
1 Sam. 84 26 110
2 Sam. 60 17 77
1 Kgs. 44 27 71
2 Kgs. 59 16 75
1 Chr. 46 8 54
2 Chr. 62 17 79
Ezra 25 6 31
Neh. 21 4 25
Esth. 10 5 15
Job 44 80 124
Ps. 23 89 112
Prov. 6 70 76
Eccl. 7 36 43
Song. 2 1 3
Isa. 41 72 113
Jer. 57 64 121
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 29 98 127
Dan. 25 47 72
Hosea 13 19 32
Joel 1 3 4
Amos 2 3 5
Jonah 4 2 6
Micah 9 3 12
Nahum 1 2 3
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 7 0 7
Zech. 6 7 13
Mal. 5 2 7
NT 407 579 986
BM 1230 848 2078
DC 204 286 490
PGP 46 56 102
TOTAL 2836 2665 5501

Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Ezra 2:1
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 4:1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;

Ezra 4:12
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

Ezra 4:13
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

Ezra 4:14
Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

Ezra 4:15
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

Ezra 4:21
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

Ezra 4:22
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Ezra 4:23
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Ezra 5:8
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

Ezra 5:16
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Ezra 5:17
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Ezra 6:6
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

Ezra 7:1
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

Ezra 7:11
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.

Ezra 7:25
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

Ezra 8:1
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Ezra 8:33
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

Ezra 9:1
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:8
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Ezra 9:10
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

Ezra 10:1
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Ezra 10:2
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Ezra 10:3
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

Ezra 10:11
Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Ezra 10:14
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.