Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'plain' occurs 101 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'plain' in the standard works and contain 25.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 13:28-35 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 13:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:49 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 19:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 73 46 119
Gen. 12 1 13
Ex. 0 1 1
Num. 0 10 10
Deut. 10 4 14
Josh. 11 5 16
Judg. 4 1 5
1 Sam. 2 3 5
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 2 1 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 2 3
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 0 7 7
Ps. 1 4 5
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 6 2 8
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 2 8 10
BM 23 55 78
DC 2 10 12
PGP 1 3 4
TOTAL 101 122 223

Gen. 18:1
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Ex. 21:5
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Num. 11:1
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Num. 22:1
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

Num. 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 33:48
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 33:49
And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Num. 33:50
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 35:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 36:13
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Deut. 11:30
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Deut. 27:8
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

Deut. 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

Deut. 34:8
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

Josh. 4:13
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Josh. 5:10
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

Josh. 11:2
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

Josh. 12:8
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Josh. 13:32
These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

Judg. 21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

1 Sam. 1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1 Sam. 2:27
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

1 Sam. 10:16
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

2 Sam. 17:16
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

2 Kgs. 25:5
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

1 Chr. 27:28
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

2 Chr. 9:27
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

2 Chr. 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

Ezra 4:18
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

Job 23:2
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

Ps. 55:2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Ps. 77:3
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Ps. 142:2
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

Ps. 144:14
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Isa. 32:4
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Jer. 39:5
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

Jer. 52:8
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Lam. 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?