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

Morm. 5:4
And it came to pass that they came against us again, and we did maintain the city. And there were also other cities which were maintained by the Nephites, which strongholds did cut them off that they could not get into the country which lay before us, to destroy the inhabitants of our land.

Morm. 5:5
But it came to pass that whatsoever lands we had passed by, and the inhabitants thereof were not gathered in, were destroyed by the Lamanites, and their towns, and villages, and cities were burned with fire; and thus three hundred and seventy and nine years passed away.