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
NT 8 6 14
Matt. 1 1 2
Mark 1 1 2
Luke 1 2 3
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 1 2 3
BM 8 8 16
DC 1 2 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 80 81 161

Matt. 13:4
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Mark 4:4
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

Luke 8:5
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Rev. 11:5
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Rev. 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.