Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dwelt' occurs 275 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 'dwelt' in the standard works and contain 26.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Deut. 2:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 11:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 11:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 7:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 10:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 8:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 208 0 208
NT 18 0 18
BM 33 0 33
1 Ne. 6 0 6
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Omni 2 0 2
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 3 0 3
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 17 0 17
DC 6 0 6
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 275 0 275

Ether 2:13
And now I proceed with my record; for behold, it came to pass that the Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth even to that great sea which divideth the lands. And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents; and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years.

Ether 7:4
And when Corihor was thirty and two years old he rebelled against his father, and went over and dwelt in the land of Nehor; and he begat sons and daughters, and they became exceedingly fair; wherefore Corihor drew away many people after him.

Ether 7:5
And when he had gathered together an army he came up unto the land of Moron where the king dwelt, and took him captive, which brought to pass the saying of the brother of Jared that they would be brought into captivity.

Ether 7:6
Now the land of Moron, where the king dwelt, was near the land which is called Desolation by the Nephites.

Ether 7:7
And it came to pass that Kib dwelt in captivity, and his people under Corihor his son, until he became exceedingly old; nevertheless Kib begat Shule in his old age, while he was yet in captivity.

Ether 8:2
And Jared rebelled against his father, and came and dwelt in the land of Heth. And it came to pass that he did flatter many people, because of his cunning words, until he had gained the half of the kingdom.

Ether 9:9
And it came to pass that Nimrah gathered together a small number of men, and fled out of the land, and came over and dwelt with Omer.

Ether 10:31
And he begat Heth, and Heth lived in captivity all his days. And Heth begat Aaron, and Aaron dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat Amnigaddah, and Amnigaddah also dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat Coriantum, and Coriantum dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat Com.

Ether 11:18
And it came to pass that he did overthrow Moron and obtain the kingdom; wherefore, Moron dwelt in captivity all the remainder of his days; and he begat Coriantor.

Ether 11:19
And it came to pass that Coriantor dwelt in captivity all his days.

Ether 11:23
And it came to pass that Coriantor begat Ether, and he died, having dwelt in captivity all his days.

Ether 13:14
And as he dwelt in the cavity of a rock he made the remainder of this record, viewing the destructions which came upon the people, by night.

Ether 13:18
Wherefore, it came to pass that in the first year that Ether dwelt in the cavity of a rock, there were many people who were slain by the sword of those secret combinations, fighting against Coriantumr that they might obtain the kingdom.

Ether 14:7
And it came to pass that Coriantumr dwelt with his army in the wilderness for the space of two years, in which he did receive great strength to his army.