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)

 15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

 15:6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:




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

Josh. 8:11
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

Josh. 8:13
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

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. 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. 15:5
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

Josh. 15:6
And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

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. 15:10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

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. 16:6
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

Josh. 17:9
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it 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. 18:5
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

Josh. 18:12
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

Josh. 18:16
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,

Josh. 18:17
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

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.

Josh. 19:14
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:

Josh. 19:27
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

Josh. 24:30
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.