Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'west' occurs 127 times in the standard works.

52 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'west' in the standard works and contain 40.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 48:1-10 (10 in 10 verses)

Alma 22:27-33 (9 in 7 verses)

Ezek. 48:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 2:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 62 136 198
NT 7 44 51
BM 42 27 69
1 Ne. 1 6 7
2 Ne. 2 1 3
Jacob 0 2 2
Mosiah 1 1 2
Alma 31 13 44
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 0 2 2
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 13 17 30
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 127 225 352

Hel. 1:31
And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat either way, neither on the north, nor on the south, nor on the east, nor on the west, for they were surrounded on every hand by the Nephites.

Hel. 3:8
And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from the sea west to the sea east.

Hel. 4:7
And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day's journey for a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north country.

Hel. 11:20
And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.