Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nations' occurs 498 times in the standard works.

140 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nations' in the standard works and contain 28.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 60 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 87:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 29:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 5:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 1:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 67:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 66:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 25:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 36:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 90:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 11:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Joel 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:94 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 8:20-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 23:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:23-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 6:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Zech. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

 14:3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.




Luke 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 39:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 299 79 378
Gen. 19 0 19
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 2 3 5
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 39 5 44
Josh. 8 0 8
Judg. 3 0 3
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 3 1 4
2 Kgs. 7 4 11
1 Chr. 5 1 6
2 Chr. 6 5 11
Ezra 1 3 4
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 22 0 22
Prov. 1 2 3
Isa. 41 1 42
Jer. 49 6 55
Lam. 1 2 3
Ezek. 39 43 82
Dan. 6 1 7
Hosea 2 1 3
Joel 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Micah 4 0 4
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 4 0 4
Zeph. 3 0 3
Hag. 2 0 2
Zech. 10 1 11
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 37 4 41
BM 82 99 181
DC 70 12 82
PGP 10 5 15
TOTAL 498 199 697

Zech. 2:8
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Zech. 2:11
And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Zech. 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Zech. 8:22
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.

Zech. 8:23
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

Zech. 9:7
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

Zech. 12:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Zech. 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zech. 14:3
Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zech. 14:16
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zech. 14:19
This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.