Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'city' occurs 1255 times in the standard works.

697 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'city' in the standard works and contain 55.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 278 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 8:1-22 (25 in 22 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-9:10 (18 in 12 verses)

Alma 56:57-57:12 (14 in 13 verses)

Alma 51:23-26 (13 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:10-17 (11 in 8 verses)

Alma 56:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Hel. 1:18-27 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 109:39-41 (8 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:13-19 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 56:14-20 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 59:5-11 (8 in 7 verses)

Morm. 4:2-8 (8 in 7 verses)

Josh. 6:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

Josh. 19:50-20:6 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:15-22 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 53:2-6 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 50:13-14 (6 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:23-26 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 9:10-14 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 32:24-29 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 21:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 62:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 9:43-45 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:5-7 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 34:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 2:4 (4 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:25-26 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 18:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Acts 16:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 21:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 22:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 5:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 11:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 6:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 57:34-58:1 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:114 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 21:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 37:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:33-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 14:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:93-95 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 48:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 21:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 47:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 61:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:31 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 66:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 75:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 79:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 99:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:109 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)


Gen. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

 11:5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.




Gen. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 20:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:15-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 21:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:15-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:82-83 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 111:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 716 2 718
Gen. 41 0 41
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 14 0 14
Deut. 31 0 31
Josh. 69 0 69
Judg. 48 0 48
Ruth 5 0 5
1 Sam. 28 0 28
2 Sam. 38 1 39
1 Kgs. 39 0 39
2 Kgs. 51 0 51
1 Chr. 15 0 15
2 Chr. 39 0 39
Ezra 10 0 10
Neh. 11 0 11
Esth. 9 0 9
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 19 0 19
Prov. 13 1 14
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 3 0 3
Isa. 44 0 44
Jer. 81 0 81
Lam. 6 0 6
Ezek. 47 0 47
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 8 0 8
Jonah 8 0 8
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Hab. 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 152 3 155
BM 312 0 312
DC 67 12 79
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 1255 17 1272

Gen. 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Gen. 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Gen. 10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

Gen. 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Gen. 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Gen. 11:8
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Gen. 18:24
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Gen. 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Gen. 18:28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Gen. 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Gen. 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

Gen. 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Gen. 19:15
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

Gen. 19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Gen. 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Gen. 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Gen. 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Gen. 23:10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Gen. 23:18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

Gen. 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Gen. 24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Gen. 24:13
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Gen. 26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

Gen. 28:19
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Gen. 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Gen. 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Gen. 34:24
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

Gen. 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Gen. 34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Gen. 34:28
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

Gen. 35:27
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Gen. 36:32
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Gen. 36:35
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

Gen. 36:39
And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Gen. 41:48
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

Gen. 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Gen. 44:13
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.