Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'early' occurs 93 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'early' in the standard works and contain 14% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 29:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:124 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 35:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 75 11 86
NT 11 13 24
BM 1 19 20
DC 4 3 7
PGP 2 2 4
JS-H 2 2 4
TOTAL 93 48 141

JS-H 1:14
So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired to the woods to make the attempt. It was on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It was the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst all my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to pray vocally.

JS-H 1:20
He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, "Never mind, all is well-- I am well enough off." I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true." It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?