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

Judg. 7:3
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

Judg. 11:31
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.