Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'houses' occurs 171 times in the standard works.

34 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'houses' in the standard works and contain 19.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 33:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 13:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)


Jer. 43:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

 43:13 He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.




2 Ne. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 123 6 129
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 19 0 19
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 3 1 4
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 5 0 5
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 3 1 4
Neh. 6 0 6
Job 7 0 7
Ps. 2 1 3
Prov. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 13 0 13
Jer. 20 1 21
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 8 0 8
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 3 0 3
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 4 0 4
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 13 0 13
BM 22 0 22
DC 13 0 13
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 171 6 177

Jer. 5:7
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

Jer. 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Jer. 6:12
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

Jer. 17:22
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

Jer. 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Jer. 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

Jer. 29:5
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

Jer. 29:28
For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Jer. 32:15
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

Jer. 32:29
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Jer. 33:4
For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

Jer. 35:9
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Jer. 39:8
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jer. 43:12
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Jer. 43:13
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

Jer. 50:26
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

Jer. 52:13
And burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: