Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'root' occurs 68 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'root' in the standard works and contain 25% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 32:37-42 (6 in 6 verses)

Rom. 11:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 24:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 23 49
Deut. 1 1 2
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 5 6 11
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 2 1 3
Isa. 8 1 9
Jer. 2 1 3
Ezek. 1 4 5
Dan. 0 5 5
Hosea 1 1 2
Amos 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 18 5 23
BM 19 21 40
DC 4 0 4
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 68 49 117

Deut. 29:28
And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

2 Chr. 7:20
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

Job 8:17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

Job 18:14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

Job 31:8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Prov. 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Isa. 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Jer. 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Ezek. 17:6
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

Ezek. 17:7
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Ezek. 17:9
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Dan. 4:15
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

Dan. 4:23
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

Dan. 4:26
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

Dan. 7:8
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Dan. 11:7
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Amos 2:9
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Zeph. 2:4
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.