Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'places' occurs 286 times in the standard works.

60 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'places' in the standard works and contain 21% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 23:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:43 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:46 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:36 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 75:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 198 5 203
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 8 0 8
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 27 0 27
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 5 0 5
Ps. 18 0 18
Prov. 4 0 4
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 17 0 17
Jer. 27 2 29
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 18 2 20
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 3 0 3
Micah 3 0 3
Hab. 1 1 2
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 17 1 18
BM 35 0 35
DC 32 0 32
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 286 6 292

1 Kgs. 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

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. 12:31
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kgs. 12:32
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

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. 13:32
For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

1 Kgs. 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

1 Kgs. 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kgs. 15:14
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.

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.