Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'last' occurs 281 times in the standard works.

77 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'last' in the standard works and contain 27.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:62-71 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 34:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:59 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 20:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 13:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 29:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 112:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 19:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 13:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 14:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 17:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:30-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 33:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:75-76 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:44-53:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 100 132
NT 53 27 80
Matt. 12 4 16
Mark 5 0 5
Luke 5 2 7
John 8 8 16
Acts 1 2 3
Rom. 0 2 2
1 Cor. 5 0 5
Gal. 0 1 1
Philip. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 0 2 2
1 Tim. 0 2 2
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 1 2
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 1 1 2
1 Jn. 2 0 2
Jude 1 1 2
Rev. 7 1 8
BM 117 64 181
DC 73 77 150
PGP 6 3 9
TOTAL 281 271 552

Matt. 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Matt. 18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Matt. 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Matt. 19:30
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

Matt. 20:8
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

Matt. 20:12
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

Matt. 20:14
Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

Matt. 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Matt. 21:37
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Matt. 22:27
And last of all the woman died also.

Matt. 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matt. 25:46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Matt. 26:60
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Matt. 27:64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Mark 9:35
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Mark 10:31
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Mark 12:6
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Mark 12:22
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

Luke 11:26
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Luke 12:59
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Luke 13:30
And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Luke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Luke 18:30
Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

Luke 20:32
Last of all the woman died also.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

John 6:39
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

John 6:40
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:44
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

John 6:54
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

John 8:9
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

John 11:24
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Acts 12:20
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Rom. 6:22
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Rom. 16:26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

1 Cor. 4:9
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Cor. 15:8
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

1 Cor. 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

1 Cor. 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1 Cor. 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Gal. 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Philip. 4:10
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.

2 Thes. 1:9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

2 Thes. 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Tim. 1:16
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

1 Tim. 6:16
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

2 Tim. 3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Heb. 1:2
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Heb. 13:20
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

James 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

1 Pet. 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Pet. 1:20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

2 Pet. 1:11
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 Pet. 3:3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

1 Jn. 2:18
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

Jude 1:6
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Jude 1:18
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Rev. 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Rev. 1:17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Rev. 2:8
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

Rev. 2:19
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

Rev. 14:6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Rev. 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Rev. 21:9
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Rev. 22:13
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.