Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'princes' occurs 278 times in the standard works.

84 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'princes' in the standard works and contain 30.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 9:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

 9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

 9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

 9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

 9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.




1 Sam. 29:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 68:27 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 22:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 1:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 113:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 17:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 34:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 31:9-32:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 269 2 271
Gen. 3 0 3
Num. 26 0 26
Josh. 11 0 11
Judg. 7 0 7
1 Sam. 7 0 7
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 6 1 7
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 12 0 12
2 Chr. 22 0 22
Ezra 5 0 5
Neh. 5 0 5
Esth. 12 0 12
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 18 0 18
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 17 0 17
Jer. 47 0 47
Lam. 4 1 5
Ezek. 14 0 14
Dan. 18 0 18
Hosea 8 0 8
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
NT 4 0 4
BM 4 0 4
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 278 2 280

Josh. 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Josh. 9:18
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Josh. 9:19
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

Josh. 9:21
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Josh. 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

Josh. 17:4
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

Josh. 22:14
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

Josh. 22:30
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

Josh. 22:32
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.