Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'utterly' occurs 127 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'utterly' in the standard works and contain 18.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 15:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 24:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 98 0 98
NT 3 0 3
BM 18 0 18
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 7 0 7
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 2 0 2
Hel. 4 0 4
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
DC 4 0 4
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 127 0 127

2 Ne. 3:3
And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever, for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Ne. 4:9
And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my second son; behold I leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the sons and daughters of Laman; wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be destroyed; but in the end thy seed shall be blessed.

2 Ne. 9:53
And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 12:18
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

2 Ne. 16:11
Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;

2 Ne. 21:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.

2 Ne. 30:1
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.