Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'left' occurs 461 times in the standard works.

79 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'left' in the standard works and contain 17.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Joel 1:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 41:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 31:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 39:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:23-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 274 10 284
NT 74 0 74
BM 72 1 73
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 12 1 13
Jacob 1 0 1
Enos 1 0 1
Mosiah 16 0 16
Alma 19 0 19
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 10 0 10
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 24 0 24
PGP 17 0 17
TOTAL 461 11 472

Mosiah 1:6
O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true, and also that these records are true. And behold, also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our eyes.

Mosiah 2:34
I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except it be your little children that have not been taught concerning these things, but what knoweth that ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are; and also have been taught concerning the records which contain the prophecies which have been spoken by the holy prophets, even down to the time our father, Lehi, left Jerusalem;

Mosiah 5:10
And now it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall not take upon him the name of Christ must be called by some other name; therefore, he findeth himself on the left hand of God.

Mosiah 5:12
I say unto you, I would that ye should remember to retain the name written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the left hand of God, but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall be called, and also, the name by which he shall call you.

Mosiah 6:4
And Mosiah began to reign in his father's stead. And he began to reign in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred and seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

Mosiah 7:1
And now, it came to pass that after king Mosiah had had continual peace for the space of three years, he was desirous to know concerning the people who went up to dwell in the land of Lehi-Nephi, or in the city of Lehi-Nephi; for his people had heard nothing from them from the time they left the land of Zarahemla; therefore, they wearied him with their teasings.

Mosiah 8:5
And it came to pass that he caused that the plates which contained the record of his people from the time that they left the land of Zarahemla, should be brought before Ammon, that he might read them.

Mosiah 19:12
Now there were many that would not leave them, but had rather stay and perish with them. And the rest left their wives and their children and fled.

Mosiah 20:12
And it came to pass that they found the king of the Lamanites among the number of their dead; yet he was not dead, having been wounded and left upon the ground, so speedy was the flight of his people.

Mosiah 20:13
And they took him and bound up his wounds, and brought him before Limhi, and said: Behold, here is the king of the Lamanites; he having received a wound has fallen among their dead, and they have left him; and behold, we have brought him before you; and now let us slay him.

Mosiah 22:7
And I will go according to thy command and pay the last tribute of wine to the Lamanites, and they will be drunken; and we will pass through the secret pass on the left of their camp when they are drunken and asleep.

Mosiah 23:38
And the remainder of them went to the land of Nephi; and a part of them returned to the land of Helam, and also brought with them the wives and the children of the guards who had been left in the land.

Mosiah 25:5
And it came to pass that Mosiah did read, and caused to be read, the records of Zeniff to his people; yea, he read the records of the people of Zeniff, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until they returned again.

Mosiah 25:6
And he also read the account of Alma and his brethren, and all their afflictions, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until the time they returned again.

Mosiah 28:20
And now, as I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had done these things, he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had kept, and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of Alma; yea, all the records, and also the interpreters, and conferred them upon him, and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them, and also keep a record of the people, handing them down from one generation to another, even as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.

Mosiah 29:46
And it came to pass that Mosiah died also, in the thirty and third year of his reign, being sixty and three years old; making in the whole, five hundred and nine years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem.