Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'countries' occurs 80 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'countries' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 11:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 75:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:29 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 26:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;




Ezek. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 54 0 54
Gen. 4 0 4
Josh. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 2 0 2
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 5 0 5
Ezek. 24 0 24
Dan. 4 0 4
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 8 0 8
DC 17 0 17
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 80 0 80

Gen. 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Gen. 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Gen. 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Gen. 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.