Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ground' occurs 269 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ground' in the standard works and contain 14.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lam. 2:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 5:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 89:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


Judg. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

 6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

 6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.




2 Sam. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 164 1 165
Gen. 24 0 24
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 11 0 11
2 Sam. 13 0 13
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 8 0 8
Isa. 15 1 16
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 14 0 14
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 28 3 31
BM 47 4 51
DC 10 1 11
PGP 20 0 20
TOTAL 269 9 278

Judg. 4:21
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

Judg. 6:39
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Judg. 6:40
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Judg. 13:20
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

Judg. 20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

Judg. 20:25
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.