Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'northward' occurs 69 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'northward' in the standard works and contain 43.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 22:30-33 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 63:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 3:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 50:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:1 Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward.

 7:2 For he had been forth among the people who were in the land northward, and did preach the word of God unto them, and did prophesy many things unto them;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
NT 0 0 0
BM 45 0 45
Omni 1 0 1
Alma 25 0 25
Hel. 10 0 10
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 3 0 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 69 0 69

Hel. 3:3
And it came to pass in the forty and sixth, yea, there was much contention and many dissensions; in the which there were an exceedingly great many who departed out of the land of Zarahemla, and went forth unto the land northward to inherit the land.

Hel. 3:8
And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from the sea west to the sea east.

Hel. 3:9
And the people who were in the land northward did dwell in tents, and in houses of cement, and they did suffer whatsoever tree should spring up upon the face of the land that it should grow up, that in time they might have timber to build their houses, yea, their cities, and their temples, and their synagogues, and their sanctuaries, and all manner of their buildings.

Hel. 3:10
And it came to pass as timber was exceedingly scarce in the land northward, they did send forth much by the way of shipping.

Hel. 3:11
And thus they did enable the people in the land northward that they might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.

Hel. 6:6
And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land northward; and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land northward, to preach unto the people. And thus ended the sixty and third year.

Hel. 7:1
Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward.

Hel. 7:2
For he had been forth among the people who were in the land northward, and did preach the word of God unto them, and did prophesy many things unto them;

Hel. 11:20
And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.