Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dwell' occurs 429 times in the standard works.

117 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dwell' in the standard works and contain 27.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 13:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 40:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:39-40 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 28:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:99-100 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)


Ps. 68:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.




Isa. 33:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 13:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 44:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 23:6-24:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 69:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 101:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 49:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 305 129 434
Gen. 25 7 32
Ex. 7 1 8
Lev. 9 10 19
Num. 17 4 21
Deut. 17 4 21
Josh. 14 3 17
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 3 3 6
2 Sam. 3 2 5
1 Kgs. 7 5 12
2 Kgs. 5 2 7
1 Chr. 4 3 7
2 Chr. 6 7 13
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 6 8 14
Ps. 36 17 53
Prov. 6 3 9
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 25 9 34
Jer. 53 12 65
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 22 10 32
Dan. 3 5 8
Hosea 3 1 4
Joel 1 2 3
Amos 3 1 4
Obad. 0 1 1
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 2 1 3
Hab. 2 1 3
Zeph. 1 2 3
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 7 1 8
NT 33 34 67
BM 56 14 70
DC 26 3 29
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 429 180 609

Ps. 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Ps. 9:11
Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

Ps. 15:1
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

Ps. 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Ps. 24:1
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Ps. 25:13
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Ps. 26:8
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

Ps. 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

Ps. 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Ps. 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

Ps. 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Ps. 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

Ps. 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Ps. 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Ps. 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Ps. 65:4
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Ps. 65:8
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Ps. 68:6
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Ps. 68:16
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

Ps. 68:18
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

Ps. 69:25
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Ps. 69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Ps. 69:36
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Ps. 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Ps. 74:7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Ps. 76:2
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

Ps. 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Ps. 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

Ps. 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Ps. 84:4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Ps. 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Ps. 85:9
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Ps. 87:2
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Ps. 90:1
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Ps. 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Ps. 91:10
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Ps. 98:7
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Ps. 101:6
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Ps. 101:7
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Ps. 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

Ps. 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Ps. 107:36
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

Ps. 113:5
Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

Ps. 120:5
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Ps. 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Ps. 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Ps. 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Ps. 135:21
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 139:9
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Ps. 140:13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Ps. 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.