Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'country' occurs 223 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'country' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 6:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Heb. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 12:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 0 131
Gen. 16 0 16
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 20 0 20
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Neh. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 17 0 17
Ezek. 7 0 7
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 48 2 50
BM 38 0 38
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 223 2 225

Isa. 1:7
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Isa. 13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isa. 22:18
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

Isa. 39:3
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.

Isa. 46:11
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.