Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cities' occurs 528 times in the standard works.

237 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cities' in the standard works and contain 44.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 97 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 35:2-15 (21 in 14 verses)

Josh. 21:29-42 (14 in 14 verses)

1 Chr. 6:57-67 (11 in 11 verses)

Josh. 21:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 33:10-13 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 8:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 21:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 21:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 32:44 (4 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:32-34 (4 in 3 verses)

4 Ne. 1:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 21:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:70-3:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 11:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 19:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 23:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 14:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:73 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 25:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 30:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 429 0 429
NT 19 0 19
BM 77 0 77
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 4 0 4
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 35 0 35
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 11 0 11
4 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 6 0 6
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 528 0 528

3 Ne. 2:11
And it came to pass in the thirteenth year there began to be wars and contentions throughout all the land; for the Gadianton robbers had become so numerous, and did slay so many of the people, and did lay waste so many cities, and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the land, that it became expedient that all the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, should take up arms against them.

3 Ne. 3:6
Therefore I write unto you, desiring that ye would yield up unto this my people, your cities, your lands, and your possessions, rather than that they should visit you with the sword and that destruction should come upon you.

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. 6:7
And it came to pass that there were many cities built anew, and there were many old cities repaired.

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. 8:15
And there were some cities which remained; but the damage thereof was exceedingly great, and there were many in them who were slain.

3 Ne. 10:4
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who are descendants of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft have I gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you.

3 Ne. 21:15
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strongholds;

3 Ne. 21:18
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities.

3 Ne. 22:3
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.