Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'whence' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'whence' in the standard works and contain 13% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 7:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 51:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
NT 34 0 34
BM 21 0 21
DC 4 0 4
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 100 0 100

D&C 60:1
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto the elders of his church, who are to return speedily to the land from whence they came: Behold, it pleaseth me, that you have come up hither;

D&C 60:5
But, verily, I will speak unto you concerning your journey unto the land from whence you came. Let there be a craft made, or bought, as seemeth you good, it mattereth not unto me, and take your journey speedily for the place which is called St. Louis.

D&C 60:8
And let the residue take their journey from St. Louis, two by two, and preach the word, not in haste, among the congregations of the wicked, until they return to the churches from whence they came.

D&C 113:10
We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise of the Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them revelation. See the 6th, 7th, and 8th verses. The bands of her neck are the curses of God upon her, or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among the Gentiles.