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
NT 42 6 48
Matt. 0 3 3
Luke 4 0 4
John 1 0 1
Acts 4 2 6
Rom. 6 0 6
1 Cor. 6 0 6
2 Cor. 9 0 9
Gal. 3 0 3
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 0 1 1
Col. 2 0 2
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 2 0 2
2 Pet. 1 0 1
Jude 1 0 1
BM 11 6 17
DC 29 8 37
PGP 5 2 7
TOTAL 151 50 201

Matt. 2:11
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Matt. 21:19
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

Matt. 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Luke 2:22
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

Luke 5:17
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Luke 13:1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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

John 14:25
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

Acts 9:41
And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

Acts 10:33
Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

Acts 21:18
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

Acts 23:33
Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

Acts 25:24
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

Acts 28:2
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

Rom. 7:18
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Rom. 7:21
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Rom. 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Rom. 8:38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Rom. 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Rom. 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

1 Cor. 3:22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

1 Cor. 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

1 Cor. 5:3
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

1 Cor. 7:26
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Cor. 15:6
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

2 Cor. 4:14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

2 Cor. 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

2 Cor. 5:9
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

2 Cor. 10:2
But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

2 Cor. 10:11
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

2 Cor. 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

2 Cor. 11:9
And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

2 Cor. 13:2
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

2 Cor. 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

Gal. 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Gal. 4:18
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

Gal. 4:20
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

Eph. 5:27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Philip. 2:23
Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

Col. 1:22
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Col. 1:28
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

2 Tim. 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Titus 2:12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Heb. 9:9
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Heb. 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

2 Pet. 1:12
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,