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)

 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.




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
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 30 0 30
1 Kgs. 29 0 29
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 24 0 24
2 Chr. 127 0 127
Ezra 48 0 48
Neh. 38 0 38
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 17 0 17
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 8 0 8
Isa. 49 0 49
Jer. 108 0 108
Lam. 7 0 7
Ezek. 26 0 26
Dan. 10 0 10
Joel 6 0 6
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Micah 8 0 8
Zeph. 4 0 4
Zech. 41 0 41
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 144 0 144
BM 161 0 161
DC 20 0 20
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 1000 0 1000

Dan. 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Dan. 5:2
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

Dan. 5:3
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

Dan. 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Dan. 9:2
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Dan. 9:7
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

Dan. 9:12
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

Dan. 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

Dan. 9:25
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.