Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'destruction' occurs 262 times in the standard works.

54 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'destruction' in the standard works and contain 20.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 8:21-25 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 27:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 14:3 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 35:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 82 3 85
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 8 3 11
Prov. 15 0 15
Isa. 11 0 11
Jer. 10 0 10
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 12 0 12
BM 154 8 162
DC 8 2 10
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 262 13 275

Ps. 9:6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

Ps. 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Ps. 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Ps. 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Ps. 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Ps. 88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Ps. 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Ps. 91:6
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Ps. 103:4
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Ps. 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.