Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'after' occurs 1927 times in the standard works.

623 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'after' in the standard works and contain 32.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 254 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Neh. 3:16-31 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Ne. 18:1-9 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 1:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

Moses 2:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

Abr. 4:21-26 (8 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 10:10-17 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 9:19-22 (6 in 4 verses)

Rom. 8:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (5 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:33-34 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 7:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 20:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 31:19-23 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 24:14 (4 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:34-35 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ether 4:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 110:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 102:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Abr. 2:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 6:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Col. 2:8 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:15 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:57 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 1:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 34:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 38:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 12:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 14:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 15:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)


2 Sam. 23:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.




2 Chr. 25:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 9:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 1:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 22:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 35:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 64:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 3:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:30 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 11:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 5:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:95 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 112:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:123 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 7:85-86 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 1:22-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 20:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 24:27-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 32:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:43-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 6:9-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:88-89 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 883 64 947
Gen. 110 5 115
Ex. 39 3 42
Lev. 39 5 44
Num. 92 6 98
Deut. 41 3 44
Josh. 30 4 34
Judg. 34 5 39
Ruth 8 0 8
1 Sam. 46 3 49
2 Sam. 51 1 52
1 Kgs. 46 0 46
2 Kgs. 26 0 26
1 Chr. 26 1 27
2 Chr. 46 1 47
Ezra 11 1 12
Neh. 28 1 29
Esth. 7 0 7
Job 19 1 20
Ps. 27 1 28
Prov. 8 4 12
Eccl. 11 0 11
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 15 3 18
Jer. 52 4 56
Ezek. 41 6 47
Dan. 11 3 14
Hosea 9 1 10
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 5 0 5
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 296 31 327
BM 506 19 525
DC 154 33 187
PGP 88 8 96
TOTAL 1927 155 2082

2 Sam. 1:1
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

2 Sam. 1:6
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

2 Sam. 1:10
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

2 Sam. 2:1
And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

2 Sam. 2:19
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2 Sam. 2:24
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Sam. 2:25
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

2 Sam. 2:28
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

2 Sam. 3:26
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

2 Sam. 3:28
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

2 Sam. 5:13
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

2 Sam. 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Sam. 8:1
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 Sam. 10:1
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

2 Sam. 11:1
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 11:3
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Sam. 12:28
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

2 Sam. 13:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

2 Sam. 13:17
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

2 Sam. 13:18
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

2 Sam. 13:23
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

2 Sam. 14:26
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

2 Sam. 15:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Sam. 15:7
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.

2 Sam. 15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

2 Sam. 15:16
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

2 Sam. 15:17
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

2 Sam. 15:18
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

2 Sam. 17:1
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 Sam. 17:6
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

2 Sam. 17:21
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

2 Sam. 18:16
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

2 Sam. 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

2 Sam. 18:22
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

2 Sam. 20:2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 20:6
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

2 Sam. 20:7
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:11
And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

2 Sam. 20:13
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

2 Sam. 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

2 Sam. 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

2 Sam. 21:18
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

2 Sam. 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

2 Sam. 23:9
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

2 Sam. 23:10
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

2 Sam. 23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

2 Sam. 24:10
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.