Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'devour' occurs 80 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'devour' in the standard works and contain 5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 18:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 65 128
Gen. 1 5 6
Ex. 0 1 1
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 1 2 3
Judg. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 4 5
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 3 5 8
Prov. 1 2 3
Isa. 9 7 16
Jer. 12 8 20
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 7 11 18
Dan. 2 2 4
Hosea 4 2 6
Joel 0 4 4
Amos 8 2 10
Obad. 1 0 1
Nahum 3 1 4
Hab. 1 1 2
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 3 1 4
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 8 6 14
BM 8 8 16
DC 1 2 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 80 81 161

Isa. 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isa. 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 24:6
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Isa. 29:6
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Isa. 30:27
Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

Isa. 30:30
And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

Isa. 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?