Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'north' occurs 179 times in the standard works.

43 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'north' in the standard works and contain 24% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 42:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 47:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 11:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 6:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 129 26 155
NT 3 0 3
BM 37 47 84
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 11 26 37
Hel. 9 10 19
3 Ne. 4 5 9
Morm. 1 2 3
Ether 3 3 6
DC 9 2 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 179 75 254

Alma 2:36
And they fled before the Nephites towards the wilderness which was west and north, away beyond the borders of the land; and the Nephites did pursue them with their might, and did slay them.

Alma 2:37
Yea, they were met on every hand, and slain and driven, until they were scattered on the west, and on the north, until they had reached the wilderness, which was called Hermounts; and it was that part of the wilderness which was infested by wild and ravenous beasts.

Alma 8:6
So that when he had finished his work at Melek he departed thence, and traveled three days' journey on the north of the land of Melek; and he came to a city which was called Ammonihah.

Alma 22:27
And it came to pass that the king sent a proclamation throughout all the land, amongst all his people who were in all his land, who were in all the regions round about, which was bordering even to the sea, on the east and on the west, and which was divided from the land of Zarahemla by a narrow strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west, and round about on the borders of the seashore, and the borders of the wilderness which was on the north by the land of Zarahemla, through the borders of Manti, by the head of the river Sidon, running from the east towards the west-- and thus were the Lamanites and the Nephites divided.

Alma 22:29
And also there were many Lamanites on the east by the seashore, whither the Nephites had driven them. And thus the Nephites were nearly surrounded by the Lamanites; nevertheless the Nephites had taken possession of all the northern parts of the land bordering on the wilderness, at the head of the river Sidon, from the east to the west, round about on the wilderness side; on the north, even until they came to the land which they called Bountiful.

Alma 22:33
And it came to pass that the Nephites had inhabited the land Bountiful, even from the east unto the west sea, and thus the Nephites in their wisdom, with their guards and their armies, had hemmed in the Lamanites on the south, that thereby they should have no more possession on the north, that they might not overrun the land northward.

Alma 43:34
And it came to pass that the Lamanites came up on the north of the hill, where a part of the army of Moroni was concealed.

Alma 46:17
And it came to pass that when he had poured out his soul to God, he named all the land which was south of the land Desolation, yea, and in fine, all the land, both on the north and on the south-- A chosen land, and the land of liberty.

Alma 50:9
And it came to pass that when Moroni had driven all the Lamanites out of the east wilderness, which was north of the lands of their own possessions, he caused that the inhabitants who were in the land of Zarahemla and in the land round about should go forth into the east wilderness, even to the borders by the seashore, and possess the land.

Alma 50:15
And they also began in that same year to build many cities on the north, one in a particular manner which they called Lehi, which was in the north by the borders of the seashore.