Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'wast' occurs 88 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'wast' in the standard works and contain 34.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 16:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

Ezek. 28:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 26:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 58 90 148
NT 8 5 13
BM 12 18 30
1 Ne. 1 3 4
2 Ne. 3 7 10
Mosiah 0 2 2
Alma 7 1 8
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 1 4 5
DC 4 9 13
PGP 6 1 7
TOTAL 88 123 211

2 Ne. 4:26
O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?

2 Ne. 8:3
For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

2 Ne. 9:4
For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.

2 Ne. 9:27
But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!

2 Ne. 15:6
And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

2 Ne. 15:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

2 Ne. 16:11
Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;