Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'houses' occurs 171 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'houses' in the standard works and contain 19.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 33:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 123 6 129
NT 13 0 13
BM 22 0 22
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 8 0 8
Hel. 4 0 4
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 13 0 13
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 171 6 177

2 Ne. 13:14
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.

2 Ne. 15:9
In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

2 Ne. 16:11
Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;

2 Ne. 18:14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 23:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

2 Ne. 23:21
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

2 Ne. 23:22
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish.

2 Ne. 26:26
Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship? Behold, I say unto you, Nay.

Mosiah 6:3
And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses.

Alma 3:1
And it came to pass that the Nephites who were not slain by the weapons of war, after having buried those who had been slain-- now the number of the slain were not numbered, because of the greatness of their number-- after they had finished burying their dead they all returned to their lands, and to their houses, and their wives, and their children.

Alma 7:27
And now, may the peace of God rest upon you, and upon your houses and lands, and upon your flocks and herds, and all that you possess, your women and your children, according to your faith and good works, from this time forth and forever. And thus I have spoken. Amen.

Alma 23:2
Yea, he sent a decree among them, that they should not lay their hands on them to bind them, or to cast them into prison; neither should they spit upon them, nor smite them, nor cast them out of their synagogues, nor scourge them; neither should they cast stones at them, but that they should have free access to their houses, and also their temples, and their sanctuaries.

Alma 26:29
And we have entered into their houses and taught them, and we have taught them in their streets; yea, and we have taught them upon their hills; and we have also entered into their temples and their synagogues and taught them; and we have been cast out, and mocked, and spit upon, and smote upon our cheeks; and we have been stoned, and taken and bound with strong cords, and cast into prison; and through the power and wisdom of God we have been delivered again.

Alma 32:1
And it came to pass that they did go forth, and began to preach the word of God unto the people, entering into their synagogues, and into their houses; yea, and even they did preach the word in their streets.

Alma 34:21
Cry unto him in your houses, yea, over all your household, both morning, mid-day, and evening.

Alma 43:9
And now the design of the Nephites was to support their lands, and their houses, and their wives, and their children, that they might preserve them from the hands of their enemies; and also that they might preserve their rights and their privileges, yea, and also their liberty, that they might worship God according to their desires.

Alma 44:23
And the armies of the Nephites, or of Moroni, returned and came to their houses and their lands.

Hel. 3:7
And there being but little timber upon the face of the land, nevertheless the people who went forth became exceedingly expert in the working of cement; therefore they did build houses of cement, in the which they did dwell.

Hel. 3:9
And the people who were in the land northward did dwell in tents, and in houses of cement, and they did suffer whatsoever tree should spring up upon the face of the land that it should grow up, that in time they might have timber to build their houses, yea, their cities, and their temples, and their synagogues, and their sanctuaries, and all manner of their buildings.

Hel. 15:1
And now, my beloved brethren, behold, I declare unto you that except ye shall repent your houses shall be left unto you desolate.

Morm. 2:23
And it came to pass that I did speak unto my people, and did urge them with great energy, that they would stand boldly before the Lamanites and fight for their wives, and their children, and their houses, and their homes.