Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'persia' occurs 29 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'persia' in the standard works and contain 51.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 36:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 7 36
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ezra 13 0 13
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 4 1 5
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 6 5 11
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 29 7 36

Dan. 5:28
Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Dan. 6:8
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Dan. 6:12
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Dan. 6:15
Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

Dan. 6:28
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Dan. 8:20
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

Dan. 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

Dan. 10:13
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Dan. 10:20
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Dan. 11:2
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.