Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'longer' occurs 52 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'longer' in the standard works and contain 7.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:50 But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard: Spare it a little longer.

 5:51 And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.




Abr. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 0 7
NT 10 0 10
BM 22 0 22
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 3 0 3
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 11 0 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 52 0 52

Jacob 5:27
But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it up against the season.

Jacob 5:50
But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard: Spare it a little longer.

Jacob 5:51
And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.