Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'place' occurs 1003 times in the standard works.

311 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'place' in the standard works and contain 31% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 121 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 41:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 19:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 38:21-22 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:29-30 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 14:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:62-64 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 28:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 28:11 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 10:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 5:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 69:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 35:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 12:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 66:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 26:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 20:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 16:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 26:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 7:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 46:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 6:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:22 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 21:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 48:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 79:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:4 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 97:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 16:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 27:23-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:128-129 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 100:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 610 230 840
Gen. 48 10 58
Ex. 26 8 34
Lev. 37 1 38
Num. 26 4 30
Deut. 40 4 44
Josh. 13 1 14
Judg. 19 5 24
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 32 4 36
2 Sam. 18 6 24
1 Kgs. 29 13 42
2 Kgs. 15 30 45
1 Chr. 16 1 17
2 Chr. 39 20 59
Ezra 11 0 11
Neh. 10 4 14
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 28 6 34
Ps. 24 19 43
Prov. 6 4 10
Eccl. 10 0 10
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 37 18 55
Jer. 46 32 78
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 48 22 70
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 6 2 8
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 3 4
Micah 2 3 5
Nahum 2 1 3
Hab. 0 2 2
Zeph. 3 0 3
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 6 1 7
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 105 22 127
BM 146 57 203
DC 120 38 158
PGP 22 6 28
TOTAL 1003 353 1356

Gen. 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Gen. 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Gen. 12:6
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Gen. 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;

Gen. 13:4
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Gen. 13:14
And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Gen. 18:24
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Gen. 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Gen. 18:33
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Gen. 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

Gen. 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

Gen. 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Gen. 19:27
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

Gen. 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Gen. 20:13
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

Gen. 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Gen. 22:3
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Gen. 22:4
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Gen. 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

Gen. 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

Gen. 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Gen. 23:9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

Gen. 23:20
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

Gen. 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Gen. 28:11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Gen. 28:15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Gen. 28:16
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

Gen. 28:17
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

Gen. 28:19
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Gen. 29:3
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

Gen. 29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

Gen. 30:25
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

Gen. 31:55
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

Gen. 32:2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Gen. 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Gen. 33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Gen. 35:7
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Gen. 35:13
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

Gen. 35:14
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Gen. 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

Gen. 36:40
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

Gen. 38:14
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

Gen. 38:21
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

Gen. 38:22
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

Gen. 39:20
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Gen. 40:3
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Gen. 40:13
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen. 47:11
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Gen. 47:30
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

Gen. 48:9
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

Gen. 49:30
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

Gen. 50:13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Gen. 50:19
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?