Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'incense' occurs 129 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'incense' in the standard works and contain 28.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 26:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:7-9 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)


1 Kgs. 12:33-13:2 (3 in 3 verses)

 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.




Jer. 44:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 35:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 124 17 141
Ex. 19 1 20
Lev. 5 7 12
Num. 21 1 22
Deut. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Neh. 0 2 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Song. 0 3 3
Isa. 6 2 8
Jer. 23 0 23
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hosea 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 5 2 7
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 129 19 148

1 Kgs. 3:3
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

1 Kgs. 9:25
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

1 Kgs. 11:8
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

1 Kgs. 12:33
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

1 Kgs. 13:1
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

1 Kgs. 13:2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Kgs. 22:43
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.