Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'city' occurs 1255 times in the standard works.

697 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'city' in the standard works and contain 55.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 278 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 8:1-22 (25 in 22 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-9:10 (18 in 12 verses)

Alma 56:57-57:12 (14 in 13 verses)

Alma 51:23-26 (13 in 4 verses)

Alma 49:10-17 (11 in 8 verses)

Alma 56:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Hel. 1:18-27 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 109:39-41 (8 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:13-19 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 56:14-20 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 59:5-11 (8 in 7 verses)

Morm. 4:2-8 (8 in 7 verses)

Josh. 6:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

Josh. 19:50-20:6 (8 in 8 verses)

Ezek. 48:15-22 (8 in 8 verses)

Alma 53:2-6 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 50:13-14 (6 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:23-26 (6 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 9:10-14 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezra 4:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

Jer. 32:24-29 (6 in 6 verses)

Rev. 21:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 62:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 9:43-45 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:5-7 (5 in 3 verses)

Alma 55:24-26 (5 in 3 verses)

Hel. 5:14-16 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 34:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 6:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 52:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Morm. 2:4 (4 in 1 verse)

Isa. 25:2-3 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:25-26 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 125:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 18:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Acts 16:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 111:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 35:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 21:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 22:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 20:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 5:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 11:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 18:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 6:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 57:34-58:1 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Jonah 4:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:114 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 35:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 45:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)


Morm. 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

 5:3 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did come against us as we had fled to the city of Jordan; but behold, they were driven back that they did not take the city at that time.

 5:4 And it came to pass that they came against us again, and we did maintain the city. And there were also other cities which were maintained by the Nephites, which strongholds did cut them off that they could not get into the country which lay before us, to destroy the inhabitants of our land.




Gen. 19:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 21:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 21:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 37:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 38:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Jonah 3:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 8:33-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 4:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 14:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 58:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 84:93-95 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 9:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 17:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

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