Emphasis Scriptures

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

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'foundation' in the standard works and contain 20.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 5:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 4:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 28:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 31 28 59
Ex. 1 0 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Josh. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Kgs. 5 0 5
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 5 2 7
Job 2 2 4
Ps. 3 5 8
Prov. 1 1 2
Isa. 4 7 11
Jer. 0 3 3
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 2 3
Micah 0 2 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 23 4 27
BM 37 5 42
DC 30 3 33
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 127 40 167

2 Chr. 8:16
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected.

2 Chr. 23:5
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

2 Chr. 31:7
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.