Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ground' occurs 269 times in the standard works.

39 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ground' in the standard works and contain 14.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lam. 2:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

 2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.




Gen. 2:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 3:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 5:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 29:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 89:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 164 1 165
Gen. 24 0 24
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 7 0 7
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 11 0 11
2 Sam. 13 0 13
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Neh. 3 0 3
Job 8 0 8
Ps. 8 0 8
Isa. 15 1 16
Jer. 6 0 6
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 14 0 14
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 1 0 1
Obad. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 28 3 31
BM 47 4 51
DC 10 1 11
PGP 20 0 20
TOTAL 269 9 278

Lam. 2:2
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Lam. 2:9
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

Lam. 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lam. 2:21
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.