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)

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

Ezek. 26:17
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Ezek. 27:32
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Ezek. 30:8
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

Ezek. 32:12
By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.