Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'destroy' occurs 461 times in the standard works.

129 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'destroy' in the standard works and contain 28% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 2:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 6:29-7:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 19:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 228 183 411
Gen. 15 5 20
Ex. 5 3 8
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 6 1 7
Deut. 26 27 53
Josh. 6 15 21
Judg. 2 10 12
1 Sam. 8 6 14
2 Sam. 9 4 13
1 Kgs. 3 2 5
2 Kgs. 6 10 16
1 Chr. 1 7 8
2 Chr. 7 10 17
Ezra 2 2 4
Esth. 8 5 13
Job 5 8 13
Ps. 22 11 33
Prov. 4 8 12
Eccl. 2 2 4
Isa. 18 12 30
Jer. 24 14 38
Lam. 2 4 6
Ezek. 18 6 24
Dan. 11 5 16
Hosea 3 3 6
Amos 2 2 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 33 21 54
BM 166 128 294
DC 27 18 45
PGP 7 3 10
TOTAL 461 353 814

Ps. 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Ps. 5:10
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

Ps. 9:5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Ps. 9:6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

Ps. 11:3
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Ps. 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Ps. 18:40
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Ps. 21:10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Ps. 28:5
Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Ps. 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 40:14
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Ps. 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Ps. 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Ps. 63:9
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Ps. 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Ps. 73:27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Ps. 74:8
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Ps. 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Ps. 78:45
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

Ps. 78:47
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

Ps. 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Ps. 101:8
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

Ps. 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Ps. 106:34
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:

Ps. 118:10
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

Ps. 118:11
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Ps. 118:12
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Ps. 119:95
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Ps. 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Ps. 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Ps. 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Ps. 145:20
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.