Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'destroyed' occurs 305 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'destroyed' in the standard works and contain 22% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 25:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 2:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)


Deut. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

 7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.




Josh. 10:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 149 0 149
Gen. 5 0 5
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 24 0 24
Josh. 14 0 14
Judg. 9 0 9
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 10 0 10
Ezra 2 0 2
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 10 0 10
Prov. 4 0 4
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 7 0 7
Lam. 3 0 3
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 18 0 18
BM 123 0 123
DC 12 0 12
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 305 0 305

Deut. 1:44
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Deut. 2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.

Deut. 2:21
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

Deut. 2:22
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

Deut. 2:23
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

Deut. 2:34
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

Deut. 3:6
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

Deut. 4:3
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

Deut. 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

Deut. 7:20
Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

Deut. 7:23
But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

Deut. 7:24
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

Deut. 9:8
Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you.

Deut. 9:20
And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

Deut. 11:4
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day;

Deut. 12:30
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

Deut. 28:20
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

Deut. 28:24
The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

Deut. 28:45
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

Deut. 28:48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Deut. 28:51
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

Deut. 28:61
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

Deut. 31:4
And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.