Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dust' occurs 156 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 'dust' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 8:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 101 1 102
NT 7 0 7
BM 36 6 42
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 15 1 16
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 5 1 6
Alma 2 3 5
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 1 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 6 0 6
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 156 7 163

2 Ne. 5:17
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious, and to labor with their hands.

Mosiah 23:5
And they pitched their tents, and began to till the ground, and began to build buildings; yea, they were industrious, and did labor exceedingly.

Alma 4:6
And it came to pass in the eighth year of the reign of the judges, that the people of the church began to wax proud, because of their exceeding riches, and their fine silks, and their fine-twined linen, and because of their many flocks and herds, and their gold and their silver, and all manner of precious things, which they had obtained by their industry; and in all these things were they lifted up in the pride of their eyes, for they began to wear very costly apparel.

Alma 10:4
And behold, I am also a man of no small reputation among all those who know me; yea, and behold, I have many kindreds and friends, and I have also acquired much riches by the hand of my industry.

Alma 23:18
And they began to be a very industrious people; yea, and they were friendly with the Nephites; therefore, they did open a correspondence with them, and the curse of God did no more follow them.

Ether 10:22
And they were exceedingly industrious, and they did buy and sell and traffic one with another, that they might get gain.