Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jerusalem' occurs 1000 times in the standard works.

407 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jerusalem' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 12:2-11 (11 in 10 verses)

Ether 13:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezra 1:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Neh. 11:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 8:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 29:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 36:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezra 7:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 20:33-37 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 12:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 32:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 4:23-5:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 8:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 27:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 1:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 1:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 4:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:28-39:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 14:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 21:20-22:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 137:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 8:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 20:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:20-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:27-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:33-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:11-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 122:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:34-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:32-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 670 0 670
NT 144 0 144
BM 161 0 161
DC 20 0 20
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 1000 0 1000

D&C 5:20
Behold, I tell you these things, even as I also told the people of the destruction of Jerusalem; and my word shall be verified at this time as it hath hitherto been verified.

D&C 29:12
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, and it hath gone forth in a firm decree, by the will of the Father, that mine apostles, the Twelve which were with me in my ministry at Jerusalem, shall stand at my right hand at the day of my coming in a pillar of fire, being clothed with robes of righteousness, with crowns upon their heads, in glory even as I am, to judge the whole house of Israel, even as many as have loved me and kept my commandments, and none else.

D&C 33:8
Open your mouths and they shall be filled, and you shall become even as Nephi of old, who journeyed from Jerusalem in the wilderness.

D&C 42:9
Until the time shall come when it shall be revealed unto you from on high, when the city of the New Jerusalem shall be prepared, that ye may be gathered in one, that ye may be my people and I will be your God.

D&C 42:35
And for the purpose of purchasing lands for the public benefit of the church, and building houses of worship, and building up of the New Jerusalem which is hereafter to be revealed--

D&C 42:62
Thou shalt ask, and it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time where the New Jerusalem shall be built.

D&C 42:67
And ye shall hereafter receive church covenants, such as shall be sufficient to establish you, both here and in the New Jerusalem.

D&C 45:18
And now ye behold this temple which is in Jerusalem, which ye call the house of God, and your enemies say that this house shall never fall.

D&C 45:24
And this I have told you concerning Jerusalem; and when that day shall come, shall a remnant be scattered among all nations;

D&C 45:66
And it shall be called the New Jerusalem, a land of peace, a city of refuge, a place of safety for the saints of the Most High God;

D&C 77:15
Q. What is to be understood by the two witnesses, in the eleventh chapter of Revelation?

A. They are two prophets that are to be raised up to the Jewish nation in the last days, at the time of the restoration, and to prophesy to the Jews after they are gathered and have built the city of Jerusalem in the land of their fathers.

D&C 84:2
Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church, established in the last days for the restoration of his people, as he has spoken by the mouth of his prophets, and for the gathering of his saints to stand upon Mount Zion, which shall be the city of New Jerusalem.

D&C 84:4
Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, which temple shall be reared in this generation.

D&C 95:9
For this is the promise of the Father unto you; therefore I command you to tarry, even as mine apostles at Jerusalem.

D&C 109:62
We therefore ask thee to have mercy upon the children of Jacob, that Jerusalem, from this hour, may begin to be redeemed;

D&C 124:36
For it is ordained that in Zion, and in her stakes, and in Jerusalem, those places which I have appointed for refuge, shall be the places for your baptisms for your dead.

D&C 133:13
And let them who be of Judah flee unto Jerusalem, unto the mountains of the Lord's house.

D&C 133:21
And he shall utter his voice out of Zion, and he shall speak from Jerusalem, and his voice shall be heard among all people;

D&C 133:24
And the land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into their own place, and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided.

D&C 133:56
And the graves of the saints shall be opened; and they shall come forth and stand on the right hand of the Lamb, when he shall stand upon Mount Zion, and upon the holy city, the New Jerusalem; and they shall sing the song of the Lamb, day and night forever and ever.