Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waste' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waste' in the standard works and contain 7.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 15:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 62 26 88
NT 2 3 5
BM 14 4 18
DC 5 4 9
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 83 38 121

D&C 2:3
If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.

D&C 49:21
And wo be unto man that sheddeth blood or that wasteth flesh and hath no need.

D&C 109:52
And if it cannot be otherwise, that the cause of thy people may not fail before thee may thine anger be kindled, and thine indignation fall upon them, that they may be wasted away, both root and branch, from under heaven;

D&C 138:48
Foreshadowing the great work to be done in the temples of the Lord in the dispensation of the fulness of times, for the redemption of the dead, and the sealing of the children to their parents, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse and utterly wasted at his coming.