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)

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

Josh. 2:15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Josh. 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

Josh. 9:16
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

Josh. 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

Josh. 12:4
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Josh. 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Josh. 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Josh. 19:50
According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

Josh. 21:43
And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Josh. 22:33
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

Josh. 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Josh. 24:7
And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

Josh. 24:8
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

Josh. 24:18
And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.