Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'place' occurs 1003 times in the standard works.

311 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'place' in the standard works and contain 31% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 121 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 41:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 19:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 38:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:29-30 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 14:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:62-64 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 28:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 28:11 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 10:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 5:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 69:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 35:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 66:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 26:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 20:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 46:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:36 (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 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 79:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 27:23-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)


3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:24 And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

 8:25 And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out; then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared, and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah. And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.




D&C 88:128-129 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 610 230 840
NT 105 22 127
BM 146 57 203
1 Ne. 9 4 13
2 Ne. 14 3 17
Jacob 3 1 4
Enos 2 0 2
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 13 6 19
Alma 60 23 83
Hel. 9 5 14
3 Ne. 17 12 29
Morm. 4 1 5
Ether 12 2 14
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 120 38 158
PGP 22 6 28
TOTAL 1003 353 1356

3 Ne. 1:27
And it came to pass that the ninety and third year did also pass away in peace, save it were for the Gadianton robbers, who dwelt upon the mountains, who did infest the land; for so strong were their holds and their secret places that the people could not overpower them; therefore they did commit many murders, and did do much slaughter among the people.

3 Ne. 2:17
And it came to pass in the commencement of the fourteenth year, the war between the robbers and the people of Nephi did continue and did become exceedingly sore; nevertheless, the people of Nephi did gain some advantage of the robbers, insomuch that they did drive them back out of their lands into the mountains and into their secret places.

3 Ne. 3:13
Yea, he sent a proclamation among all the people, that they should gather together their women, and their children, their flocks and their herds, and all their substance, save it were their land, unto one place.

3 Ne. 3:14
And he caused that fortifications should be built round about them, and the strength thereof should be exceedingly great. And he caused that armies, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites, or of all them who were numbered among the Nephites, should be placed as guards round about to watch them, and to guard them from the robbers day and night.

3 Ne. 3:22
And it came to pass in the seventeenth year, in the latter end of the year, the proclamation of Lachoneus had gone forth throughout all the face of the land, and they had taken their horses, and their chariots, and their cattle, and all their flocks, and their herds, and their grain, and all their substance, and did march forth by thousands and by tens of thousands, until they had all gone forth to the place which had been appointed that they should gather themselves together, to defend themselves against their enemies.

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. 4:15
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites did return again to their place of security. And it came to pass that this nineteenth year did pass away, and the robbers did not come again to battle; neither did they come again in the twentieth year.

3 Ne. 4:17
Now they had appointed unto themselves another leader, whose name was Zemnarihah; therefore it was Zemnarihah that did cause that this siege should take place.

3 Ne. 4:24
And now, Gidgiddoni being aware of their design, and knowing of their weakness because of the want of food, and the great slaughter which had been made among them, therefore he did send out his armies in the night-time, and did cut off the way of their retreat, and did place his armies in the way of their retreat.

3 Ne. 4:26
And the robbers who were on the south were also cut off in their places of retreat. And all these things were done by command of Gidgiddoni.

3 Ne. 5:15
Yea, a small record of that which hath taken place from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem, even down until the present time.

3 Ne. 6:8
And there were many highways cast up, and many roads made, which led from city to city, and from land to land, and from place to place.

3 Ne. 7:9
Now this secret combination, which had brought so great iniquity upon the people, did gather themselves together, and did place at their head a man whom they did call Jacob;

3 Ne. 8:10
And the earth was carried up upon the city of Moronihah, that in the place of the city there became a great mountain.

3 Ne. 8:13
And the highways were broken up, and the level roads were spoiled, and many smooth places became rough.

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. 8:24
And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.

3 Ne. 8:25
And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out; then would our mothers and our fair daughters, and our children have been spared, and not have been buried up in that great city Moronihah. And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible.

3 Ne. 9:8
And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I caused to be sunk, and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them.

3 Ne. 10:7
But if not, O house of Israel, the places of your dwellings shall become desolate until the time of the fulfilling of the covenant to your fathers.

3 Ne. 11:1
And now it came to pass that there were a great multitude gathered together, of the people of Nephi, round about the temple which was in the land Bountiful; and they were marveling and wondering one with another, and were showing one to another the great and marvelous change which had taken place.

3 Ne. 16:19
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 18:32
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out of your synagogues, or your places of worship, for unto such shall ye continue to minister; for ye know not but what they will return and repent, and come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I shall heal them; and ye shall be the means of bringing salvation unto them.

3 Ne. 19:3
Yea, and even all the night it was noised abroad concerning Jesus; and insomuch did they send forth unto the people that there were many, yea, an exceedingly great number, did labor exceedingly all that night, that they might be on the morrow in the place where Jesus should show himself unto the multitude.

3 Ne. 20:34
Then shall they break forth into joy-- Sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 21:1
And verily I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place-- that I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion;

3 Ne. 22:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes;

3 Ne. 28:39
Now this change was not equal to that which shall take place at the last day; but there was a change wrought upon them, insomuch that Satan could have no power over them, that he could not tempt them; and they were sanctified in the flesh, that they were holy, and that the powers of the earth could not hold them.