Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'beth' occurs 225 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'beth' in the standard works and contain 49.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 6:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:33 (4 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:32-13:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 18:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 5:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 23:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 11:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 2:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 4:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 8:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 225 25 250
NT 0 43 43
BM 0 1 1
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 3 3
TOTAL 225 73 298

Gen. 22:22
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Gen. 22:23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Gen. 24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Gen. 24:24
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

Gen. 24:47
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

Gen. 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Gen. 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Gen. 28:2
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

Gen. 28:5
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

Josh. 19:4
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

Josh. 19:44
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

Josh. 21:23
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

1 Kgs. 8:47
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

1 Kgs. 15:27
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

1 Kgs. 16:15
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

1 Kgs. 16:17
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

1 Chr. 4:30
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

2 Chr. 6:37
Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

Ezra 10:15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

Neh. 8:7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

Neh. 11:16
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

Esth. 2:16
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Prov. 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Song. 2:17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Matt. 2:1
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Matt. 2:5
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

Matt. 2:6
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Matt. 2:8
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Matt. 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Matt. 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matt. 21:1
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

Matt. 21:17
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

Matt. 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Mark 6:45
And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

Mark 8:22
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

Mark 11:1
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

Mark 11:11
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

Mark 11:12
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Luke 1:13
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Luke 1:24
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Luke 1:36
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Luke 1:40
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

Luke 1:41
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

Luke 1:57
Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

Luke 2:4
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

Luke 2:15
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

Luke 9:10
And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

Luke 10:13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 19:29
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

John 1:28
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 1:44
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 5:2
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

John 10:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:18
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

John 12:1
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

John 12:21
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

Rom. 4:6
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Rom. 10:5
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

1 Ne. 10:9
And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.

D&C 59:16
Verily I say, that inasmuch as ye do this, the fulness of the earth is yours, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which climbeth upon the trees and walketh upon the earth;

Moses 7:53
And the Lord said: Blessed is he through whose seed Messiah shall come; for he saith-- I am Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven, which is broad as eternity; whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall; wherefore, blessed are they of whom I have spoken, for they shall come forth with songs of everlasting joy.

Abr. 2:20
And I, Abraham, arose from the place of the altar which I had built unto the Lord, and removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched my tent there, Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; and there I built another altar unto the Lord, and called again upon the name of the Lord.