Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'destroy' occurs 461 times in the standard works.

129 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'destroy' in the standard works and contain 28% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 2:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 6:29-7:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 19:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 8:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 10:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 118:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 10:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 33:52 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 6:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 106:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 65:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 11:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:57 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 9:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 25:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 228 183 411
Gen. 15 5 20
Ex. 5 3 8
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 6 1 7
Deut. 26 27 53
Josh. 6 15 21
Judg. 2 10 12
1 Sam. 8 6 14
2 Sam. 9 4 13
1 Kgs. 3 2 5
2 Kgs. 6 10 16
1 Chr. 1 7 8
2 Chr. 7 10 17
Ezra 2 2 4
Esth. 8 5 13
Job 5 8 13
Ps. 22 11 33
Prov. 4 8 12
Eccl. 2 2 4
Isa. 18 12 30
Jer. 24 14 38
Lam. 2 4 6
Ezek. 18 6 24
Dan. 11 5 16
Hosea 3 3 6
Amos 2 2 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 2 1 3
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 33 21 54
BM 166 128 294
DC 27 18 45
PGP 7 3 10
TOTAL 461 353 814

Micah 2:10
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Micah 5:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

Micah 5:14
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.