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)

 17:20 And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

 17:21 Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

 17:22 And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem were a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; and our father hath judged them, and hath led us away because we would hearken unto his words; yea, and our brother is like unto him. And after this manner of language did my brethren murmur and complain against us.




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
1 Ne. 39 0 39
2 Ne. 36 0 36
Jacob 5 0 5
Enos 1 0 1
Omni 2 0 2
Mosiah 13 0 13
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 9 0 9
3 Ne. 27 0 27
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 9 0 9
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 20 0 20
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 1000 0 1000

1 Ne. 1:4
For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must repent, or the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.

1 Ne. 1:7
And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem; and he cast himself upon his bed, being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.

1 Ne. 1:13
And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I have seen thine abominations! Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem-- that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof; many should perish by the sword, and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.

1 Ne. 1:18
Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which he had both seen and heard.

1 Ne. 2:11
Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel; for behold they did murmur in many things against their father, because he was a visionary man, and had led them out of the land of Jerusalem, to leave the land of their inheritance, and their gold, and their silver, and their precious things, to perish in the wilderness. And this they said he had done because of the foolish imaginations of his heart.

1 Ne. 2:13
Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city, could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets. And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to take away the life of my father.

1 Ne. 3:2
And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I have dreamed a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 3:9
And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness, with our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 3:10
And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the land of Jerusalem, I and my brethren did consult one with another.

1 Ne. 3:17
For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the wickedness of the people.

1 Ne. 3:29
And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod, behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto them, saying: Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod? Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities? Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.

1 Ne. 4:1
And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying: Let us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than all the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or even than his tens of thousands?

1 Ne. 4:4
Now when I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth, and did still continue to murmur; nevertheless they did follow me up until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 4:30
And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me and return to the city of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 5:4
And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying: I know that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.

1 Ne. 5:6
And after this manner of language did my father, Lehi, comfort my mother, Sariah, concerning us, while we journeyed in the wilderness up to the land of Jerusalem, to obtain the record of the Jews.

1 Ne. 7:2
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I, Nephi, and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem, and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.

1 Ne. 7:3
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did again, with my brethren, go forth into the wilderness to go up to Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 7:7
And it came to pass in the which rebellion, they were desirous to return unto the land of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 7:13
And if it so be that we are faithful to him, we shall obtain the land of promise; and ye shall know at some future period that the word of the Lord shall be fulfilled concerning the destruction of Jerusalem; for all things which the Lord hath spoken concerning the destruction of Jerusalem must be fulfilled.

1 Ne. 7:15
Now behold, I say unto you that if ye will return unto Jerusalem ye shall also perish with them. And now, if ye have choice, go up to the land, and remember the words which I speak unto you, that if ye go ye will also perish; for thus the Spirit of the Lord constraineth me that I should speak.

1 Ne. 10:3
That after they should be destroyed, even that great city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance.

1 Ne. 10:4
Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews-- even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

1 Ne. 11:13
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white.

1 Ne. 16:35
And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did mourn exceedingly, because of the loss of their father, and because of their afflictions in the wilderness; and they did murmur against my father, because he had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, saying: Our father is dead; yea, and we have wandered much in the wilderness, and we have suffered much affliction, hunger, thirst, and fatigue; and after all these sufferings we must perish in the wilderness with hunger.

1 Ne. 16:36
And thus they did murmur against my father, and also against me; and they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 17:14
Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I did bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 17:20
And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

1 Ne. 17:22
And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem were a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; and our father hath judged them, and hath led us away because we would hearken unto his words; yea, and our brother is like unto him. And after this manner of language did my brethren murmur and complain against us.

1 Ne. 18:24
And it came to pass that we did begin to till the earth, and we began to plant seeds; yea, we did put all our seeds into the earth, which we had brought from the land of Jerusalem. And it came to pass that they did grow exceedingly; wherefore, we were blessed in abundance.

1 Ne. 19:8
And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, in six hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem.

1 Ne. 19:13
And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet, they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the God of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and wonders, and the power and glory of the God of Israel.

1 Ne. 19:20
For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also.

1 Ne. 22:4
And behold, there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem. Yea, the more part of all the tribes have been led away; and they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the sea; and whither they are none of us knoweth, save that we know that they have been led away.