Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'city' occurs 1255 times in the standard works.

697 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'city' in the standard works and contain 55.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 278 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 8:1-22 (25 in 22 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-9:10 (18 in 12 verses)

Alma 56:57-57:12 (14 in 13 verses)

Alma 51:23-26 (13 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:10-17 (11 in 8 verses)

Alma 56:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Hel. 1:18-27 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 109:39-41 (8 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:13-19 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 56:14-20 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 59:5-11 (8 in 7 verses)

Morm. 4:2-8 (8 in 7 verses)

Josh. 6:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

Josh. 19:50-20:6 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:15-22 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 53:2-6 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 50:13-14 (6 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:23-26 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 9:10-14 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 32:24-29 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 21:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 62:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 9:43-45 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:5-7 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 34:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 2:4 (4 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:25-26 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 18:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Acts 16:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 21:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 22:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 5:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 11:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 6:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 57:34-58:1 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:114 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 21:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 37:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:33-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 14:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:93-95 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:8 (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 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 66:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 75:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 79:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 99:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:109 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:15-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:15-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:82-83 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 111:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 716 2 718
Gen. 41 0 41
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 31 0 31
Josh. 69 0 69
Judg. 48 0 48
Ruth 5 0 5
1 Sam. 28 0 28
2 Sam. 38 1 39
1 Kgs. 39 0 39
2 Kgs. 51 0 51
1 Chr. 15 0 15
2 Chr. 39 0 39
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 11 0 11
Esth. 9 0 9
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 19 0 19
Prov. 13 1 14
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 44 0 44
Jer. 81 0 81
Lam. 6 0 6
Ezek. 47 0 47
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 8 0 8
Jonah 8 0 8
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 152 3 155
BM 312 0 312
DC 67 12 79
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 1255 17 1272

Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Jonah 3:2
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Jonah 3:3
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

Jonah 3:4
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

Jonah 4:5
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

Jonah 4:11
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?