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)

 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

 4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.




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

Ruth 4:5
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Ruth 4:6
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.