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)

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)

 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.




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
Gen. 16 0 16
Lev. 4 0 4
Num. 5 0 5
Deut. 3 0 3
Josh. 20 0 20
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Neh. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 17 0 17
Ezek. 7 0 7
Hosea 1 0 1
Jonah 2 0 2
Zech. 6 0 6
NT 48 2 50
BM 38 0 38
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 223 2 225

Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 1:6
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ruth 2:6
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

Ruth 4:3
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: