Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'devour' occurs 80 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'devour' in the standard works and contain 5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 18:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 65 128
Gen. 1 5 6
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 1 2 3
Judg. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 4 5
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 3 5 8
Prov. 1 2 3
Isa. 9 7 16
Jer. 12 8 20
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 7 11 18
Dan. 2 2 4
Hosea 4 2 6
Joel 0 4 4
Amos 8 2 10
Obad. 1 0 1
Nahum 3 1 4
Hab. 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 3 1 4
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 8 6 14
BM 8 8 16
DC 1 2 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 80 81 161

Ezek. 15:4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Ezek. 15:5
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

Ezek. 16:20
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

Ezek. 19:3
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

Ezek. 19:6
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

Ezek. 19:14
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Ezek. 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 23:25
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezek. 33:27
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

Ezek. 36:13
Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;

Ezek. 39:4
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.