Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'where' occurs 513 times in the standard works.

127 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'where' in the standard works and contain 24.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 6:19-21 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 25:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 22:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Job 38:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 33:18 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 1:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:25 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 35:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 2:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 14:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 12:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 21:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 69:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Nahum 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 15:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:84 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:1 (2 in 1 verse)


Josh. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

 4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.




Judg. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:57-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

John 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 264 617 881
Gen. 25 33 58
Ex. 13 28 41
Lev. 7 28 35
Num. 6 57 63
Deut. 7 27 34
Josh. 4 19 23
Judg. 8 19 27
Ruth 6 1 7
1 Sam. 18 44 62
2 Sam. 12 29 41
1 Kgs. 6 25 31
2 Kgs. 11 23 34
1 Chr. 4 6 10
2 Chr. 3 28 31
Ezra 3 1 4
Neh. 2 7 9
Esth. 2 7 9
Job 26 20 46
Ps. 15 28 43
Prov. 6 1 7
Eccl. 4 10 14
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 23 25 48
Jer. 19 54 73
Lam. 1 3 4
Ezek. 17 52 69
Dan. 1 13 14
Hosea 2 3 5
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 1 1 2
Jonah 0 2 2
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 3 0 3
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 2 3
Zech. 1 3 4
Mal. 3 10 13
NT 137 244 381
BM 45 479 524
DC 52 257 309
PGP 15 44 59
TOTAL 513 1641 2154

Josh. 4:3
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Josh. 4:8
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

Josh. 4:9
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

Josh. 5:9
And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

Josh. 5:15
And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

Josh. 7:5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

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. 7:10
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Josh. 7:26
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Josh. 8:24
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

Josh. 8:26
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Josh. 9:11
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

Josh. 9:22
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

Josh. 10:3
Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

Josh. 10:27
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

Josh. 14:9
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

Josh. 14:12
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.

Josh. 20:2
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

Josh. 22:9
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 22:19
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.

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. 24:17
For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: