Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nation' occurs 199 times in the standard works.

58 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nation' in the standard works and contain 29.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 5:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 28:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 507 621
NT 31 80 111
BM 31 238 269
DC 19 142 161
PGP 4 26 30
Moses 0 11 11
Abr. 2 3 5
JS-M 2 4 6
JS-H 0 8 8
TOTAL 199 993 1192

Abr. 2:9
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee above measure, and make thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations;

Abr. 2:18
And then we passed from Jershon through the land unto the place of Sechem; it was situated in the plains of Moreh, and we had already come into the borders of the land of the Canaanites, and I offered sacrifice there in the plains of Moreh, and called on the Lord devoutly, because we had already come into the land of this idolatrous nation.

JS-M 1:29
Behold I speak for mine elect's sake; for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.