Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mountain' occurs 156 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mountain' in the standard works and contain 21.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Micah 3:12-4:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 17:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Josh. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

 2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:




Isa. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 25:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 17:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 109 164 273
Gen. 5 4 9
Ex. 5 1 6
Num. 2 4 6
Deut. 12 4 16
Josh. 9 9 18
Judg. 4 7 11
1 Sam. 5 1 6
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 2 1 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 2 4 6
Job 1 5 6
Ps. 4 20 24
Prov. 0 2 2
Song. 1 4 5
Isa. 18 24 42
Jer. 8 10 18
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 9 34 43
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 2 3 5
Amos 2 3 5
Obad. 1 0 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 5 4 9
Nahum 0 3 3
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 1 2
Zech. 4 5 9
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 28 13 41
BM 15 32 47
DC 2 15 17
PGP 2 6 8
TOTAL 156 230 386

Josh. 2:16
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

Josh. 2:22
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

Josh. 2:23
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

Josh. 10:6
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

Josh. 11:2
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

Josh. 11:3
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

Josh. 11:16
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

Josh. 11:21
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

Josh. 12:8
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Josh. 14:12
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.

Josh. 15:8
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

Josh. 15:48
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

Josh. 17:18
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

Josh. 18:12
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

Josh. 18:16
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,

Josh. 20:7
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.