Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fast' occurs 111 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fast' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 2:18-20 (6 in 3 verses)

Isa. 58:3-6 (6 in 4 verses)

Zech. 8:19 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 5:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 48 97
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 0 5 5
Judg. 3 3 6
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 0 3 3
2 Sam. 2 4 6
1 Kgs. 2 2 4
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Ezra 2 1 3
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 2 3 5
Job 4 2 6
Ps. 6 5 11
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 6 4 10
Jer. 6 2 8
Ezek. 0 1 1
Dan. 0 3 3
Joel 2 1 3
Jonah 2 0 2
Zech. 5 1 6
NT 36 36 72
BM 22 34 56
DC 4 13 17
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 111 133 244

Ruth 2:8
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

Ruth 2:21
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

Ruth 2:23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.