Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'country' occurs 223 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'country' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 6:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)


Heb. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.




Ruth 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 4:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 12:20 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 0 131
NT 48 2 50
Matt. 8 0 8
Mark 10 0 10
Luke 16 0 16
John 3 0 3
Acts 7 0 7
2 Cor. 0 1 1
1 Thes. 0 1 1
Heb. 4 0 4
BM 38 0 38
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 223 2 225

Heb. 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Heb. 11:14
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

Heb. 11:15
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Heb. 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.