Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'toward' occurs 354 times in the standard works.

136 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'toward' in the standard works and contain 38.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 48 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 28:54-57 (8 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 40:20-27 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Zech. 14:4-8 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 42:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 41:11-14 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:25 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 4:4 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:29-30 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 8:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:44-46 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 6:38 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 3:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:42-44 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 41:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 48:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Philem. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 289 0 289
Gen. 19 0 19
Ex. 13 0 13
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 10 0 10
Josh. 22 0 22
Judg. 10 0 10
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 18 0 18
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 11 0 11
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 3 0 3
Song. 2 0 2
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 12 0 12
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 80 0 80
Dan. 12 0 12
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 2 0 2
Jonah 1 0 1
Zech. 9 0 9
NT 57 1 58
BM 2 101 103
DC 4 7 11
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 354 112 466

Num. 2:3
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

Num. 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 16:42
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

Num. 21:11
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Num. 21:20
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

Num. 23:28
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

Num. 24:1
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Num. 32:14
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

Num. 34:15
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.