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)

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

Deut. 2:4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Deut. 2:29
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

Deut. 11:30
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Deut. 11:31
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

Deut. 12:10
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

Deut. 12:11
Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

Deut. 12:29
When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

Deut. 13:12
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Deut. 17:14
When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

Deut. 19:1
When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

Deut. 23:16
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Deut. 25:5
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

Deut. 26:1
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

Deut. 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Deut. 30:20
That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Deut. 33:12
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

Deut. 33:20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Deut. 33:28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.