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

Lam. 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lam. 2:6
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Lam. 3:60
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

Lam. 3:61
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;

Lam. 4:17
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.