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
NT 407 579 986
BM 1230 848 2078
DC 204 286 490
PGP 46 56 102
Moses 19 28 47
Abr. 19 12 31
JS-M 2 7 9
JS-H 5 9 14
A of F 1 0 1
TOTAL 2836 2665 5501

JS-H 1:2
In this history I shall present the various events in relation to this Church, in truth and righteousness, as they have transpired, or as they at present exist, being now [1838] the eighth year since the organization of the said Church.

JS-H 1:3
I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor county, State of Vermont ... My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the State of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts. In about four years after my father's arrival in Palmyra, he moved with his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario--

JS-H 1:10
In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often said to myself: What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? If any one of them be right, which is it, and how shall I know it?

JS-H 1:12
Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.

JS-H 1:18
My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)-- and which I should join.

JS-H 1:24
However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when he saw a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him; some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; and he was ridiculed and reviled. But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision. He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecution under heaven could not make it otherwise; and though they should persecute him unto death, yet he knew, and would know to his latest breath, that he had both seen a light and heard a voice speaking unto him, and all the world could not make him think or believe otherwise.

JS-H 1:26
I had now got my mind satisfied so far as the sectarian world was concerned-- that it was not my duty to join with any of them, but to continue as I was until further directed. I had found the testimony of James to be true-- that a man who lacked wisdom might ask of God, and obtain, and not be upbraided.

JS-H 1:29
In consequence of these things, I often felt condemned for my weakness and imperfections; when, on the evening of the above-mentioned twenty-first of September, after I had retired to my bed for the night, I betook myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God for forgiveness of all my sins and follies, and also for a manifestation to me, that I might know of my state and standing before him; for I had full confidence in obtaining a divine manifestation, as I previously had one.

JS-H 1:60
I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charges to keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I had done what was required at my hand, he would call for them. For no sooner was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exertions were used to get them from me. Every stratagem that could be invented was resorted to for that purpose. The persecution became more bitter and severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to get them from me if possible. But by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.

JS-H 1:65
"He then said to me, 'Let me see that certificate.' I accordingly took it out of my pocket and gave it to him, when he took it and tore it to pieces, saying that there was no such thing now as ministering of angels, and that if I would bring the plates to him he would translate them. I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I was forbidden to bring them. He replied, 'I cannot read a sealed book.' I left him and went to Dr. Mitchell, who sanctioned what Professor Anthon had said respecting both the characters and the translation."

JS-H 1:74
Our minds being now enlightened, we began to have the scriptures laid open to our understandings, and the true meaning and intention of their more mysterious passages revealed unto us in a manner which we never could attain to previously, nor ever before had thought of. In the meantime we were forced to keep secret the circumstances of having received the Priesthood and our having been baptized, owing to a spirit of persecution which had already manifested itself in the neighborhood.