Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'city' occurs 1255 times in the standard works.

697 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'city' in the standard works and contain 55.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 278 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 8:1-22 (25 in 22 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-9:10 (18 in 12 verses)

Alma 56:57-57:12 (14 in 13 verses)

Alma 51:23-26 (13 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:10-17 (11 in 8 verses)

Alma 56:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Hel. 1:18-27 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 109:39-41 (8 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:13-19 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 56:14-20 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 59:5-11 (8 in 7 verses)

Morm. 4:2-8 (8 in 7 verses)

Josh. 6:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

Josh. 19:50-20:6 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:15-22 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 53:2-6 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 50:13-14 (6 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:23-26 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 9:10-14 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 32:24-29 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 21:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 62:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 9:43-45 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:5-7 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 34:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 2:4 (4 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:25-26 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 18:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Acts 16:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 21:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 22:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 5:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 11:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 6:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 57:34-58:1 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:114 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 21:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 37:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:33-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 14:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:93-95 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 66:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 75:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 79:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 99:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:109 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:15-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:15-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:82-83 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 111:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 716 2 718
Gen. 41 0 41
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 31 0 31
Josh. 69 0 69
Judg. 48 0 48
Ruth 5 0 5
1 Sam. 28 0 28
2 Sam. 38 1 39
1 Kgs. 39 0 39
2 Kgs. 51 0 51
1 Chr. 15 0 15
2 Chr. 39 0 39
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 11 0 11
Esth. 9 0 9
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 19 0 19
Prov. 13 1 14
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 44 0 44
Jer. 81 0 81
Lam. 6 0 6
Ezek. 47 0 47
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 8 0 8
Jonah 8 0 8
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 152 3 155
BM 312 0 312
DC 67 12 79
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 1255 17 1272

1 Kgs. 1:41
And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

1 Kgs. 1:45
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

1 Kgs. 2:10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

1 Kgs. 3:1
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kgs. 8:1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

1 Kgs. 8:16
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

1 Kgs. 8:44
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

1 Kgs. 8:48
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

1 Kgs. 9:16
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

1 Kgs. 9:24
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

1 Kgs. 11:27
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

1 Kgs. 11:32
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

1 Kgs. 11:36
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

1 Kgs. 11:43
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 13:25
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

1 Kgs. 13:29
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kgs. 14:11
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.

1 Kgs. 14:12
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

1 Kgs. 14:21
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

1 Kgs. 14:31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 15:8
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 15:24
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 16:4
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kgs. 16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,

1 Kgs. 16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

1 Kgs. 17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

1 Kgs. 20:2
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

1 Kgs. 20:12
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

1 Kgs. 20:19
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

1 Kgs. 20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

1 Kgs. 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

1 Kgs. 21:11
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

1 Kgs. 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

1 Kgs. 21:24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kgs. 22:26
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

1 Kgs. 22:36
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

1 Kgs. 22:50
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.