Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cities' occurs 528 times in the standard works.

237 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cities' in the standard works and contain 44.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 97 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 35:2-15 (21 in 14 verses)

Josh. 21:29-42 (14 in 14 verses)

1 Chr. 6:57-67 (11 in 11 verses)

Josh. 21:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 33:10-13 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 8:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 21:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 21:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 32:44 (4 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 21:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:70-3:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 11:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 19:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 23:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:73 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 25:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 30:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 429 0 429
NT 19 0 19
BM 77 0 77
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 35 0 35
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 11 0 11
4 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 6 0 6
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 528 0 528

1 Ne. 11:13
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white.

1 Ne. 12:3
And it came to pass that I beheld many generations pass away, after the manner of wars and contentions in the land; and I beheld many cities, yea, even that I did not number them.

1 Ne. 12:4
And it came to pass that I saw a mist of darkness on the face of the land of promise; and I saw lightnings, and I heard thunderings, and earthquakes, and all manner of tumultuous noises; and I saw the earth and the rocks, that they rent; and I saw mountains tumbling into pieces; and I saw the plains of the earth, that they were broken up; and I saw many cities that they were sunk; and I saw many that they were burned with fire; and I saw many that did tumble to the earth, because of the quaking thereof.

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. 24:17
And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?

2 Ne. 24:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Jarom 1:7
And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the Nephites, to battle. But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in the faith of the Lord; and they taught the people the ways of the Lord; wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites and swept them away out of our lands, and began to fortify our cities, or whatsoever place of our inheritance.

Mosiah 27:6
And there began to be much peace again in the land; and the people began to be very numerous, and began to scatter abroad upon the face of the earth, yea, on the north and on the south, on the east and on the west, building large cities and villages in all quarters of the land.

Alma 8:7
Now it was the custom of the people of Nephi to call their lands, and their cities, and their villages, yea, even all their small villages, after the name of him who first possessed them; and thus it was with the land of Ammonihah.

Alma 23:13
And these are the names of the cities of the Lamanites which were converted unto the Lord; and these are they that laid down the weapons of their rebellion, yea, all their weapons of war; and they were all Lamanites.

Alma 23:14
And the Amalekites were not converted, save only one; neither were any of the Amulonites; but they did harden their hearts, and also the hearts of the Lamanites in that part of the land wheresoever they dwelt, yea, and all their villages and all their cities.

Alma 23:15
Therefore, we have named all the cities of the Lamanites in which they did repent and come to the knowledge of the truth, and were converted.

Alma 48:5
And thus he did appoint chief captains of the Zoramites, they being the most acquainted with the strength of the Nephites, and their places of resort, and the weakest parts of their cities; therefore he appointed them to be chief captains over his armies.

Alma 48:8
Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites, and erecting small forts, or places of resort; throwing up banks of earth round about to enclose his armies, and also building walls of stone to encircle them about, round about their cities and the borders of their lands; yea, all round about the land.

Alma 50:1
And now it came to pass that Moroni did not stop making preparations for war, or to defend his people against the Lamanites; for he caused that his armies should commence in the commencement of the twentieth year of the reign of the judges, that they should commence in digging up heaps of earth round about all the cities, throughout all the land which was possessed by the Nephites.

Alma 50:2
And upon the top of these ridges of earth he caused that there should be timbers, yea, works of timbers built up to the height of a man, round about the cities.

Alma 50:15
And they also began in that same year to build many cities on the north, one in a particular manner which they called Lehi, which was in the north by the borders of the seashore.

Alma 51:20
And the remainder of those dissenters, rather than be smitten down to the earth by the sword, yielded to the standard of liberty, and were compelled to hoist the title of liberty upon their towers, and in their cities, and to take up arms in defence of their country.

Alma 51:26
And thus he went on, taking possession of many cities, the city of Nephihah, and the city of Lehi, and the city of Morianton, and the city of Omner, and the city of Gid, and the city of Mulek, all of which were on the east borders by the seashore.

Alma 51:27
And thus had the Lamanites obtained, by the cunning of Amalickiah, so many cities, by their numberless hosts, all of which were strongly fortified after the manner of the fortifications of Moroni; all of which afforded strongholds for the Lamanites.

Alma 52:4
And it came to pass that he did command that his people should maintain those cities, which they had taken by the shedding of blood; for they had not taken any cities save they had lost much blood.

Alma 52:5
And now, Teancum saw that the Lamanites were determined to maintain those cities which they had taken, and those parts of the land which they had obtained possession of; and also seeing the enormity of their number, Teancum thought it was not expedient that he should attempt to attack them in their forts.

Alma 52:10
And Moroni also sent unto him, desiring him that he would be faithful in maintaining that quarter of the land, and that he would seek every opportunity to scourge the Lamanites in that quarter, as much as was in his power, that perhaps he might take again by stratagem or some other way those cities which had been taken out of their hands; and that he also would fortify and strengthen the cities round about, which had not fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

Alma 52:13
And thus he was endeavoring to harass the Nephites, and to draw away a part of their forces to that part of the land, while he had commanded those whom he had left to possess the cities which he had taken, that they should also harass the Nephites on the borders by the east sea, and should take possession of their lands as much as it was in their power, according to the power of their armies.

Alma 52:15
But behold, it came to pass in the twenty and seventh year of the reign of the judges, that Teancum, by the command of Moroni-- who had established armies to protect the south and the west borders of the land, and had begun his march towards the land Bountiful, that he might assist Teancum with his men in retaking the cities which they had lost--

Alma 52:20
And it came to pass they sent embassies to the army of the Lamanites, which protected the city of Mulek, to their leader, whose name was Jacob, desiring him that he would come out with his armies to meet them upon the plains between the two cities. But behold, Jacob, who was a Zoramite, would not come out with his army to meet them upon the plains.

Alma 53:8
And now it came to pass that the armies of the Lamanites, on the west sea, south, while in the absence of Moroni on account of some intrigue amongst the Nephites, which caused dissensions amongst them, had gained some ground over the Nephites, yea, insomuch that they had obtained possession of a number of their cities in that part of the land.

Alma 54:10
But, as the Lord liveth, our armies shall come upon you except ye withdraw, and ye shall soon be visited with death, for we will retain our cities and our lands; yea, and we will maintain our religion and the cause of our God.

Alma 56:13
And now these are the cities of which the Lamanites have obtained possession by the shedding of the blood of so many of our valiant men:

Alma 56:15
And these are the cities which they possessed when I arrived at the city of Judea; and I found Antipus and his men toiling with their might to fortify the city.

Alma 56:16
Yea, and they were depressed in body as well as in spirit, for they had fought valiantly by day and toiled by night to maintain their cities; and thus they had suffered great afflictions of every kind.

Alma 56:20
They were commanded by Ammoron to maintain those cities which they had taken. And thus ended the twenty and sixth year. And in the commencement of the twenty and seventh year we had prepared our city and ourselves for defence.

Alma 56:22
And it came to pass that we kept spies out round about, to watch the movements of the Lamanites, that they might not pass us by night nor by day to make an attack upon our other cities which were on the northward.

Alma 56:23
For we knew in those cities they were not sufficiently strong to meet them; therefore we were desirous, if they should pass by us, to fall upon them in their rear, and thus bring them up in the rear at the same time they were met in the front. We supposed that we could overpower them; but behold, we were disappointed in this our desire.

Alma 56:26
And thus, with their forces, they were determined to maintain those cities which they had taken.

Alma 57:4
But the people of Antiparah did leave the city, and fled to their other cities, which they had possession of, to fortify them; and thus the city of Antiparah fell into our hands.

Alma 58:10
Therefore we did pour out our souls in prayer to God, that he would strengthen us and deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, yea, and also give us strength that we might retain our cities, and our lands, and our possessions, for the support of our people.

Alma 58:31
And those cities which had been taken by the Lamanites, all of them are at this period of time in our possession; and our fathers and our women and our children are returning to their homes, all save it be those who have been taken prisoners and carried off by the Lamanites.

Alma 58:32
But behold, our armies are small to maintain so great a number of cities and so great possessions.

Alma 58:33
But behold, we trust in our God who has given us victory over those lands, insomuch that we have obtained those cities and those lands, which were our own.

Alma 59:4
And it came to pass when Moroni had sent this epistle to the land of Zarahemla, he began again to lay a plan that he might obtain the remainder of those possessions and cities which the Lamanites had taken from them.

Hel. 1:26
For behold, Moronihah had supposed that the Lamanites durst not come into the center of the land, but that they would attack the cities round about in the borders as they had hitherto done; therefore Moronihah had caused that their strong armies should maintain those parts round about by the borders.

Hel. 1:27
But behold, the Lamanites were not frightened according to his desire, but they had come into the center of the land, and had taken the capital city which was the city of Zarahemla, and were marching through the most capital parts of the land, slaying the people with a great slaughter, both men, women, and children, taking possession of many cities and of many strongholds.

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. 3:11
And thus they did enable the people in the land northward that they might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.

Hel. 4:9
And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

Hel. 7:22
And for this cause wo shall come unto you except ye shall repent. For if ye will not repent, behold, this great city, and also all those great cities which are round about, which are in the land of our possession, shall be taken away that ye shall have no place in them; for behold, the Lord will not grant unto you strength, as he has hitherto done, to withstand against your enemies.

Hel. 8:5
Therefore they did cry unto the people, saying: Why do you suffer this man to revile against us? For behold he doth condemn all this people, even unto destruction; yea, and also that these our great cities shall be taken from us, that we shall have no place in them.

Hel. 8:6
And now we know that this is impossible, for behold, we are powerful, and our cities great, therefore our enemies can have no power over us.

Hel. 13:16
Yea, and wo be unto all the cities which are in the land round about, which are possessed by the Nephites, because of the wickedness and abominations which are in them.

Hel. 14:24
And many highways shall be broken up, and many cities shall become desolate.

3 Ne. 2:11
And it came to pass in the thirteenth year there began to be wars and contentions throughout all the land; for the Gadianton robbers had become so numerous, and did slay so many of the people, and did lay waste so many cities, and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the land, that it became expedient that all the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, should take up arms against them.

3 Ne. 3:6
Therefore I write unto you, desiring that ye would yield up unto this my people, your cities, your lands, and your possessions, rather than that they should visit you with the sword and that destruction should come upon you.

3 Ne. 4:1
And it came to pass that in the latter end of the eighteenth year those armies of robbers had prepared for battle, and began to come down and to sally forth from the hills, and out of the mountains, and the wilderness, and their strongholds, and their secret places, and began to take possession of the lands, both which were in the land south and which were in the land north, and began to take possession of all the lands which had been deserted by the Nephites, and the cities which had been left desolate.

3 Ne. 6:7
And it came to pass that there were many cities built anew, and there were many old cities repaired.

3 Ne. 8:14
And many great and notable cities were sunk, and many were burned, and many were shaken till the buildings thereof had fallen to the earth, and the inhabitants thereof were slain, and the places were left desolate.

3 Ne. 8:15
And there were some cities which remained; but the damage thereof was exceedingly great, and there were many in them who were slain.

3 Ne. 10:4
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who are descendants of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft have I gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you.

3 Ne. 21:15
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strongholds;

3 Ne. 21:18
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities.

3 Ne. 22:3
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

4 Ne. 1:7
And the Lord did prosper them exceedingly in the land; yea, insomuch that they did build cities again where there had been cities burned.

4 Ne. 1:9
But there were many cities which had been sunk, and waters came up in the stead thereof; therefore these cities could not be renewed.

Morm. 5:4
And it came to pass that they came against us again, and we did maintain the city. And there were also other cities which were maintained by the Nephites, which strongholds did cut them off that they could not get into the country which lay before us, to destroy the inhabitants of our land.

Morm. 5:5
But it came to pass that whatsoever lands we had passed by, and the inhabitants thereof were not gathered in, were destroyed by the Lamanites, and their towns, and villages, and cities were burned with fire; and thus three hundred and seventy and nine years passed away.

Ether 9:23
And it came to pass that Coriantum did walk in the steps of his father, and did build many mighty cities, and did administer that which was good unto his people in all his days. And it came to pass that he had no children even until he was exceedingly old.

Ether 10:4
And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land. And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he begat Riplakish. And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead.

Ether 10:9
And it came to pass after the space of many years, Morianton, (he being a descendant of Riplakish) gathered together an army of outcasts, and went forth and gave battle unto the people; and he gained power over many cities; and the war became exceedingly sore, and did last for the space of many years; and he did gain power over all the land, and did establish himself king over all the land.

Ether 10:12
And it came to pass that Morianton built up many cities, and the people became exceedingly rich under his reign, both in buildings, and in gold and silver, and in raising grain, and in flocks, and herds, and such things which had been restored unto them.

Ether 14:17
Now the name of the brother of Lib was called Shiz. And it came to pass that Shiz pursued after Coriantumr, and he did overthrow many cities, and he did slay both women and children, and he did burn the cities.