Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turn' occurs 369 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'turn' in the standard works and contain 20.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 132:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 258 716 974
Gen. 4 33 37
Ex. 4 24 28
Lev. 2 17 19
Num. 7 21 28
Deut. 22 22 44
Josh. 7 28 35
Judg. 6 28 34
Ruth 3 10 13
1 Sam. 7 38 45
2 Sam. 9 34 43
1 Kgs. 9 32 41
2 Kgs. 8 33 41
1 Chr. 2 5 7
2 Chr. 14 34 48
Ezra 0 4 4
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 2 6 8
Job 5 32 37
Ps. 27 46 73
Prov. 8 11 19
Eccl. 1 11 12
Song. 2 6 8
Isa. 17 40 57
Jer. 23 75 98
Lam. 4 9 13
Ezek. 23 37 60
Dan. 5 15 20
Hosea 3 19 22
Joel 2 4 6
Amos 13 7 20
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 3 1 4
Micah 1 3 4
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 3 1 4
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 6 8 14
Mal. 3 5 8
NT 25 91 116
BM 62 183 245
DC 19 44 63
PGP 5 17 22
TOTAL 369 1051 1420

Ps. 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Ps. 6:4
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Ps. 7:7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Ps. 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Ps. 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Ps. 9:3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Ps. 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Ps. 18:37
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Ps. 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Ps. 22:27
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Ps. 25:16
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Ps. 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Ps. 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Ps. 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Ps. 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Ps. 40:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Ps. 44:10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Ps. 44:18
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

Ps. 56:9
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

Ps. 59:6
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 59:14
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps. 60:1
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

Ps. 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Ps. 66:20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Ps. 69:16
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Ps. 70:2
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Ps. 70:3
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Ps. 73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Ps. 74:21
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Ps. 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Ps. 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Ps. 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Ps. 78:41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Ps. 78:44
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

Ps. 78:57
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Ps. 80:3
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ps. 80:7
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ps. 80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Ps. 80:19
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ps. 81:14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Ps. 85:3
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Ps. 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Ps. 85:8
I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Ps. 86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Ps. 89:43
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Ps. 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Ps. 90:13
Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Ps. 94:15
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Ps. 101:3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Ps. 104:9
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Ps. 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Ps. 105:25
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

Ps. 105:29
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Ps. 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Ps. 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Ps. 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Ps. 114:8
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Ps. 116:7
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Ps. 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Ps. 119:39
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

Ps. 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:79
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

Ps. 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Ps. 126:1
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Ps. 126:4
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

Ps. 129:5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Ps. 132:10
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Ps. 132:11
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Ps. 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.