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

Zech. 9:15
The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

Zech. 11:1
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Zech. 12:6
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.