Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'inheritance' occurs 345 times in the standard works.

135 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'inheritance' in the standard works and contain 39.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 36:2-12 (17 in 11 verses)

Josh. 13:28-14:3 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 27:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 19:8-10 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 33:54-34:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 26:53-54 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 19:48-51 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 34:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:19-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 221 1 222
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 50 0 50
Deut. 27 0 27
Josh. 58 1 59
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 16 0 16
Prov. 4 0 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 18 0 18
NT 18 0 18
BM 59 0 59
DC 47 12 59
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 345 13 358

Ps. 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Ps. 16:5
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Ps. 28:9
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Ps. 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Ps. 37:18
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Ps. 47:4
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Ps. 68:9
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Ps. 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Ps. 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Ps. 78:62
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

Ps. 78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Ps. 79:1
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Ps. 94:14
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Ps. 105:11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

Ps. 106:5
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Ps. 106:40
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.