Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'haste' occurs 75 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'haste' in the standard works and contain 13.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 70:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 64 113
Gen. 5 5 10
Ex. 4 1 5
Deut. 2 3 5
Josh. 0 4 4
Judg. 2 1 3
1 Sam. 6 5 11
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
2 Chr. 1 3 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Esth. 2 4 6
Job 1 5 6
Ps. 11 10 21
Prov. 2 6 8
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 4 8
Jer. 1 3 4
Dan. 3 1 4
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
NT 6 13 19
BM 7 11 18
DC 13 23 36
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 75 112 187

Gen. 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Gen. 18:7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Gen. 19:15
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

Gen. 24:18
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

Gen. 24:20
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

Ex. 5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

Deut. 8:5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

Deut. 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Josh. 4:10
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

Josh. 8:14
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

Josh. 8:19
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

Josh. 10:13
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Judg. 20:37
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

1 Sam. 17:48
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

1 Sam. 25:23
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

1 Sam. 25:34
For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

1 Sam. 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

1 Sam. 28:24
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

2 Sam. 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

2 Sam. 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

1 Kgs. 20:41
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

1 Kgs. 22:9
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

2 Kgs. 9:13
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

2 Chr. 24:5
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

2 Chr. 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

Esth. 3:15
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Esth. 6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

Esth. 6:14
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esth. 8:14
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Ps. 6:1
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Ps. 16:4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Ps. 38:1
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Ps. 48:5
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

Ps. 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Ps. 69:10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Ps. 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Ps. 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

Ps. 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Ps. 118:18
The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

Prov. 3:11
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

Prov. 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Prov. 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Prov. 19:2
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Prov. 19:18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Prov. 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Eccl. 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Eccl. 2:25
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

Isa. 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Isa. 26:16
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Isa. 51:14
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Isa. 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

Jer. 1:12
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

Jer. 17:16
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

Jer. 48:16
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

Dan. 10:12
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

Hab. 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

Zeph. 1:14
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.