Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'heritage' occurs 34 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'heritage' in the standard works and contain 20.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 12:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 135:12 (2 in 1 verse)


Ps. 136:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

 136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 1 30
NT 1 0 1
BM 1 1 2
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 34 2 36

Ex. 6:8
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

Job 20:29
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Ps. 16:6
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Ps. 61:5
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Ps. 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

Ps. 111:6
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

Ps. 119:111
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Ps. 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Ps. 135:12
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

Ps. 136:21
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:22
Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Isa. 49:8
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

Isa. 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Isa. 58:14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Jer. 2:7
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

Jer. 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

Jer. 12:7
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

Jer. 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

Jer. 12:9
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

Jer. 12:15
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

Jer. 17:4
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

Jer. 50:11
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Joel 3:2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Micah 7:14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Mal. 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

1 Pet. 5:3
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

1 Ne. 21:8
Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

3 Ne. 22:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall revile against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

D&C 58:13
And that the testimony might go forth from Zion, yea, from the mouth of the city of the heritage of God--

D&C 58:17
And whoso standeth in this mission is appointed to be a judge in Israel, like as it was in ancient days, to divide the lands of the heritage of God unto his children;

D&C 105:15
Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have consecrated for the gathering together of my saints.