Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'south' occurs 193 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'south' in the standard works and contain 33.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 40:24-28 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 20:46-47 (5 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 34:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 27:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Judg. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

 1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.




Ezek. 40:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 134 24 158
Gen. 6 1 7
Ex. 5 5 10
Num. 11 2 13
Deut. 3 1 4
Josh. 22 8 30
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 10 1 11
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 5 0 5
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 29 3 32
Dan. 11 1 12
Obad. 2 0 2
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 9 0 9
BM 36 21 57
DC 12 2 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 193 47 240

Judg. 1:9
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

Judg. 1:15
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

Judg. 1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

Judg. 21:19
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.