Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nation' occurs 199 times in the standard works.

58 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nation' in the standard works and contain 29.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 5:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 28:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)


John 11:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

 11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

 11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

 11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.




Deut. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 507 621
NT 31 80 111
Matt. 3 9 12
Mark 3 6 9
Luke 4 9 13
John 5 3 8
Acts 10 6 16
Rom. 1 11 12
1 Cor. 0 2 2
2 Cor. 0 3 3
Gal. 1 1 2
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 0 2 2
Heb. 0 1 1
James 0 2 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 0 1 1
Jude 0 1 1
Rev. 2 23 25
BM 31 238 269
DC 19 142 161
PGP 4 26 30
TOTAL 199 993 1192

John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 5:29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

John 11:48
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

John 11:50
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

John 11:51
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

John 11:52
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

John 18:35
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?