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)

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

Ruth 4:5
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Ruth 4:6
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.