Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'south' occurs 193 times in the standard works.

64 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'south' in the standard works and contain 33.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 40:24-28 (6 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 20:46-47 (5 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)


Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

 6:9 And it came to pass that they became exceedingly rich, both the Lamanites and the Nephites; and they did have an exceeding plenty of gold, and of silver, and of all manner of precious metals, both in the land south and in the land north.

 6:10 Now the land south was called Lehi, and the land north was called Mulek, which was after the son of Zedekiah; for the Lord did bring Mulek into the land north, and Lehi into the land south.

 6:11 And behold, there was all manner of gold in both these lands, and of silver, and of precious ore of every kind; and there were also curious workmen, who did work all kinds of ore and did refine it; and thus they did become rich.

 6:12 They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in the south; and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north and in the south. And they did multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land. And they did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings.




Num. 34:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 27:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 18:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 30:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 134 24 158
NT 9 0 9
BM 36 21 57
1 Ne. 1 1 2
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 19 3 22
Hel. 7 4 11
3 Ne. 5 3 8
Morm. 1 5 6
Ether 0 5 5
DC 12 2 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 193 47 240

Hel. 1:31
And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat either way, neither on the north, nor on the south, nor on the east, nor on the west, for they were surrounded on every hand by the Nephites.

Hel. 3:8
And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from the sea west to the sea east.

Hel. 4:8
And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 5:16
And even from one city to another, until they had gone forth among all the people of Nephi who were in the land southward; and from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.

Hel. 6:9
And it came to pass that they became exceedingly rich, both the Lamanites and the Nephites; and they did have an exceeding plenty of gold, and of silver, and of all manner of precious metals, both in the land south and in the land north.

Hel. 6:10
Now the land south was called Lehi, and the land north was called Mulek, which was after the son of Zedekiah; for the Lord did bring Mulek into the land north, and Lehi into the land south.

Hel. 6:12
They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in the south; and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north and in the south. And they did multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land. And they did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings.

Hel. 11:20
And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.