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
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 5 1 6
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 4 1 5
Deut. 0 2 2
Josh. 18 7 25
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 2 3
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 2 0 2
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 24 1 25
Ezek. 40 6 46
Dan. 8 1 9
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
NT 3 0 3
BM 37 47 84
DC 9 2 11
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 179 75 254

Gen. 13:14
And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Ex. 40:22
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

Lev. 1:11
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Num. 3:35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

Deut. 2:3
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Deut. 3:27
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Josh. 13:3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

Josh. 15:7
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:

Josh. 15:8
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

Josh. 15:11
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

Josh. 17:10
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

Josh. 18:18
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

Josh. 18:19
And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

Judg. 12:1
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

1 Sam. 14:5
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

1 Chr. 26:14
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

1 Chr. 26:17
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

Jer. 15:12
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

Ezek. 8:5
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Ezek. 40:19
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

Ezek. 47:2
Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

Ezek. 47:17
And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

Ezek. 48:1
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

Ezek. 48:31
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

Dan. 8:4
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

Joel 2:20
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.