Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'former' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'former' in the standard works and contain 12.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 16:55 (3 in 1 verse)

Joel 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 45 0 45
NT 5 0 5
BM 3 0 3
1 Ne. 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
DC 15 0 15
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 70 0 70

1 Ne. 20:3
Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. I did show them suddenly.

Alma 31:6
Therefore he took Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner; and Himni he did leave in the church in Zarahemla; but the former three he took with him, and also Amulek and Zeezrom, who were at Melek; and he also took two of his sons.

3 Ne. 24:4
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.