Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'present' occurs 151 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'present' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 3:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:3 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 28 92
Gen. 9 2 11
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 4 6 10
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 1 2
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 5 2 7
1 Sam. 6 3 9
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 4 1 5
2 Kgs. 6 1 7
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 10 3 13
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 1 3 4
Prov. 0 1 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 1 1 2
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
NT 42 6 48
BM 11 6 17
DC 29 8 37
PGP 5 2 7
TOTAL 151 50 201

Isa. 18:7
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.

Isa. 36:16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Isa. 39:1
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.