Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'inherit' occurs 105 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'inherit' in the standard works and contain 13.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 15:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 41:4 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

 15:8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?




Ezek. 47:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 230 278
Gen. 3 2 5
Ex. 2 2 4
Lev. 2 1 3
Num. 5 53 58
Deut. 9 27 36
Josh. 1 60 61
Judg. 1 8 9
Ruth 0 3 3
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 0 4 4
1 Kgs. 0 6 6
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 1 2 3
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 0 2 2
Ps. 8 17 25
Prov. 4 4 8
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 5 4 9
Jer. 3 7 10
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 19 21
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 14 19 33
BM 25 60 85
DC 17 60 77
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 105 369 474

Gen. 15:7
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Gen. 15:8
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Gen. 28:4
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

Gen. 31:14
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Gen. 48:6
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.