Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'inheritance' occurs 345 times in the standard works.

135 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'inheritance' in the standard works and contain 39.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 36:2-12 (17 in 11 verses)

Josh. 13:28-14:3 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 27:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Josh. 19:8-10 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 33:54-34:2 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 26:53-54 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 19:48-51 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 34:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 47:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 10:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 25:19-26:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 54:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

 54:12 And behold, if ye do not this, I will come against you with my armies; yea, even I will arm my women and my children, and I will come against you, and I will follow you even into your own land, which is the land of our first inheritance; yea, and it shall be blood for blood, yea, life for life; and I will give you battle even until you are destroyed from off the face of the earth.

 54:13 Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people; ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves. But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our land, the land of our first inheritance.




Morm. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 221 1 222
NT 18 0 18
BM 59 0 59
1 Ne. 10 0 10
2 Ne. 13 0 13
Jacob 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 10 0 10
3 Ne. 9 0 9
Morm. 4 0 4
Ether 7 0 7
DC 47 12 59
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 345 13 358

Alma 5:58
For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life, and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand. And now, my brethren, what have ye to say against this? I say unto you, if ye speak against it, it matters not, for the word of God must be fulfilled.

Alma 21:18
And it came to pass that Ammon and Lamoni returned from the land of Middoni to the land of Ishmael, which was the land of their inheritance.

Alma 22:28
Now, the more idle part of the Lamanites lived in the wilderness, and dwelt in tents; and they were spread through the wilderness on the west, in the land of Nephi; yea, and also on the west of the land of Zarahemla, in the borders by the seashore, and on the west in the land of Nephi, in the place of their fathers' first inheritance, and thus bordering along by the seashore.

Alma 27:22
And it came to pass that the voice of the people came, saying: Behold, we will give up the land of Jershon, which is on the east by the sea, which joins the land Bountiful, which is on the south of the land Bountiful; and this land Jershon is the land which we will give unto our brethren for an inheritance.

Alma 35:9
And he breathed out many threatenings against them. And now the people of Ammon did not fear their words; therefore they did not cast them out, but they did receive all the poor of the Zoramites that came over unto them; and they did nourish them, and did clothe them, and did give unto them lands for their inheritance; and they did administer unto them according to their wants.

Alma 35:14
And Alma, and Ammon, and their brethren, and also the two sons of Alma returned to the land of Zarahemla, after having been instruments in the hands of God of bringing many of the Zoramites to repentance; and as many as were brought to repentance were driven out of their land; but they have lands for their inheritance in the land of Jershon, and they have taken up arms to defend themselves, and their wives, and children, and their lands.

Alma 43:12
And the Nephites would not suffer that they should be destroyed; therefore they gave them lands for their inheritance.

Alma 54:12
And behold, if ye do not this, I will come against you with my armies; yea, even I will arm my women and my children, and I will come against you, and I will follow you even into your own land, which is the land of our first inheritance; yea, and it shall be blood for blood, yea, life for life; and I will give you battle even until you are destroyed from off the face of the earth.

Alma 54:13
Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people; ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves. But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our land, the land of our first inheritance.

Alma 62:42
And it came to pass that after Moroni had fortified those parts of the land which were most exposed to the Lamanites, until they were sufficiently strong, he returned to the city of Zarahemla; and also Helaman returned to the place of his inheritance; and there was once more peace established among the people of Nephi.