Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dwelt' occurs 275 times in the standard works.

74 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dwelt' in the standard works and contain 26.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 2:20-23 (6 in 4 verses)

Judg. 1:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 11:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Neh. 11:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 7:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 10:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)


Gen. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.




Josh. 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 8:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 208 0 208
Gen. 26 0 26
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 10 0 10
Deut. 19 0 19
Josh. 14 0 14
Judg. 23 0 23
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 13 0 13
2 Kgs. 8 0 8
1 Chr. 26 0 26
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 13 0 13
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 7 0 7
Ezek. 6 0 6
Dan. 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 33 0 33
DC 6 0 6
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 275 0 275

Gen. 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Gen. 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Gen. 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Gen. 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Gen. 14:7
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

Gen. 14:12
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Gen. 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Gen. 16:3
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Gen. 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Gen. 19:30
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Gen. 21:20
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Gen. 21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Gen. 22:19
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

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. 24:62
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

Gen. 25:11
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

Gen. 25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

Gen. 26:6
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Gen. 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Gen. 35:22
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Gen. 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Gen. 37:1
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 38:11
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Gen. 47:27
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

Gen. 50:22
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.