Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'destroyed' occurs 305 times in the standard works.

67 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'destroyed' in the standard works and contain 22% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 25:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 2:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 26:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:51 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 16:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 9:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:63-64 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 149 0 149
NT 18 0 18
BM 123 0 123
DC 12 0 12
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 305 0 305

D&C 5:19
For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming.

D&C 17:4
And this you shall do that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may not be destroyed, that I may bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men in this work.

D&C 45:19
But, verily I say unto you, that desolation shall come upon this generation as a thief in the night, and this people shall be destroyed and scattered among all nations.

D&C 101:51
And the enemy came by night, and broke down the hedge; and the servants of the nobleman arose and were affrighted, and fled; and the enemy destroyed their works, and broke down the olive trees.

D&C 132:14
For whatsoever things remain are by me; and whatsoever things are not by me shall be shaken and destroyed.

D&C 132:26
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my word, and they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and if they commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.

D&C 132:41
And as ye have asked concerning adultery, verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and if she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing, she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed.

D&C 132:52
And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.

D&C 132:54
And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.

D&C 132:63
But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to my commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my Father before the foundation of the world, and for their exaltation in the eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified.

D&C 132:64
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law.

D&C 138:44
Daniel, who foresaw and foretold the establishment of the kingdom of God in the latter days, never again to be destroyed nor given to other people;