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

Ether 9:23
And it came to pass that Coriantum did walk in the steps of his father, and did build many mighty cities, and did administer that which was good unto his people in all his days. And it came to pass that he had no children even until he was exceedingly old.

Ether 10:4
And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land. And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he begat Riplakish. And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead.

Ether 10:9
And it came to pass after the space of many years, Morianton, (he being a descendant of Riplakish) gathered together an army of outcasts, and went forth and gave battle unto the people; and he gained power over many cities; and the war became exceedingly sore, and did last for the space of many years; and he did gain power over all the land, and did establish himself king over all the land.

Ether 10:12
And it came to pass that Morianton built up many cities, and the people became exceedingly rich under his reign, both in buildings, and in gold and silver, and in raising grain, and in flocks, and herds, and such things which had been restored unto them.

Ether 14:17
Now the name of the brother of Lib was called Shiz. And it came to pass that Shiz pursued after Coriantumr, and he did overthrow many cities, and he did slay both women and children, and he did burn the cities.