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

Jacob 2:15
O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with one glance of his eye he can smite you to the dust!

Jacob 2:21
Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto him who created all flesh? And the one being is as precious in his sight as the other. And all flesh is of the dust; and for the selfsame end hath he created them, that they should keep his commandments and glorify him forever.