Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jerusalem' occurs 1000 times in the standard works.

407 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jerusalem' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 12:2-11 (11 in 10 verses)

Ether 13:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezra 1:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Neh. 11:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 8:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 29:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 36:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezra 7:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 20:33-37 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 12:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 32:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 4:23-5:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 8:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 27:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 1:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 1:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 4:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:28-39:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 14:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 21:20-22:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 137:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 8:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 20:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:20-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:27-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:33-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:11-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 122:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:34-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


Lam. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

 1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.




Ezek. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:32-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 670 0 670
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 30 0 30
1 Kgs. 29 0 29
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 24 0 24
2 Chr. 127 0 127
Ezra 48 0 48
Neh. 38 0 38
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 17 0 17
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 8 0 8
Isa. 49 0 49
Jer. 108 0 108
Lam. 7 0 7
Ezek. 26 0 26
Dan. 10 0 10
Joel 6 0 6
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Micah 8 0 8
Zeph. 4 0 4
Zech. 41 0 41
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 144 0 144
BM 161 0 161
DC 20 0 20
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 1000 0 1000

Lam. 1:7
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

Lam. 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Lam. 1:17
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

Lam. 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lam. 2:13
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Lam. 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Lam. 4:12
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.