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

Gen. 7:23
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Gen. 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Gen. 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Gen. 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.