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)

 14:5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence.

 14:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and from rain.




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)

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

2 Ne. 1:8
And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.

2 Ne. 4:27
And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry because of mine enemy?

2 Ne. 4:28
Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

2 Ne. 4:33
O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way-- but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.

2 Ne. 5:8
And my people would that we should call the name of the place Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

2 Ne. 8:3
For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

2 Ne. 14:5
And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defence.

2 Ne. 14:6
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and from rain.

2 Ne. 15:8
Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

2 Ne. 15:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

2 Ne. 17:23
And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shall be for briers and thorns.

2 Ne. 23:13
Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

2 Ne. 24:2
And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to their lands of promise. And the house of Israel shall possess them, and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives unto whom they were captives; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

2 Ne. 28:23
Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Ne. 32:9
But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.

2 Ne. 33:2
But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.