Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'turn' occurs 369 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'turn' in the standard works and contain 20.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 31 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 33:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 2:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Dan. 11:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jonah 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.




2 Kgs. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 132:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 258 716 974
Gen. 4 33 37
Ex. 4 24 28
Lev. 2 17 19
Num. 7 21 28
Deut. 22 22 44
Josh. 7 28 35
Judg. 6 28 34
Ruth 3 10 13
1 Sam. 7 38 45
2 Sam. 9 34 43
1 Kgs. 9 32 41
2 Kgs. 8 33 41
1 Chr. 2 5 7
2 Chr. 14 34 48
Ezra 0 4 4
Neh. 3 13 16
Esth. 2 6 8
Job 5 32 37
Ps. 27 46 73
Prov. 8 11 19
Eccl. 1 11 12
Song. 2 6 8
Isa. 17 40 57
Jer. 23 75 98
Lam. 4 9 13
Ezek. 23 37 60
Dan. 5 15 20
Hosea 3 19 22
Joel 2 4 6
Amos 13 7 20
Obad. 0 1 1
Jonah 3 1 4
Micah 1 3 4
Nahum 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 3 1 4
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 6 8 14
Mal. 3 5 8
NT 25 91 116
BM 62 183 245
DC 19 44 63
PGP 5 17 22
TOTAL 369 1051 1420

1 Sam. 1:19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

1 Sam. 6:3
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

1 Sam. 6:4
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

1 Sam. 6:8
And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

1 Sam. 6:12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

1 Sam. 6:16
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

1 Sam. 6:17
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

1 Sam. 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 7:17
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

1 Sam. 9:5
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

1 Sam. 10:6
And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

1 Sam. 10:9
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

1 Sam. 12:20
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

1 Sam. 12:21
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

1 Sam. 13:17
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

1 Sam. 13:18
And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1 Sam. 14:7
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

1 Sam. 14:21
Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

1 Sam. 14:47
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

1 Sam. 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

1 Sam. 15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

1 Sam. 15:27
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

1 Sam. 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

1 Sam. 15:31
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.

1 Sam. 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

1 Sam. 17:30
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

1 Sam. 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 17:57
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Sam. 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

1 Sam. 22:17
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

1 Sam. 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

1 Sam. 23:28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Sam. 24:1
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

1 Sam. 25:12
So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

1 Sam. 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Sam. 26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

1 Sam. 26:25
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Sam. 27:9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

1 Sam. 29:4
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Sam. 29:7
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 29:11
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.