Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nation' occurs 199 times in the standard works.

58 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nation' in the standard works and contain 29.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 5:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 28:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 507 621
Gen. 9 23 32
Ex. 6 3 9
Lev. 2 18 20
Num. 1 6 7
Deut. 14 60 74
Josh. 0 8 8
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 0 4 4
2 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 2 7 9
2 Kgs. 2 16 18
1 Chr. 3 7 10
2 Chr. 3 11 14
Ezra 0 4 4
Neh. 0 4 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 1 3 4
Ps. 6 26 32
Prov. 1 23 24
Isa. 20 54 74
Jer. 27 71 98
Lam. 1 4 5
Ezek. 2 95 97
Dan. 3 12 15
Hosea 0 3 3
Joel 1 2 3
Amos 1 2 3
Micah 3 5 8
Nahum 0 3 3
Hab. 1 5 6
Zeph. 2 5 7
Hag. 1 2 3
Zech. 0 12 12
Mal. 1 3 4
NT 31 80 111
BM 31 238 269
DC 19 142 161
PGP 4 26 30
TOTAL 199 993 1192

Isa. 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

Isa. 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Isa. 9:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Isa. 10:6
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isa. 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Isa. 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Isa. 18:7
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.

Isa. 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Isa. 26:15
Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

Isa. 49:7
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

Isa. 51:4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

Isa. 55:5
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

Isa. 58:2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

Isa. 60:12
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Isa. 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

Isa. 65:1
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

Isa. 66:8
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.