Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lands' occurs 190 times in the standard works.

55 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lands' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 4:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 105:28-30 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 5:26-6:3 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:63-64 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 27:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 35:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 48:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:73-74 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 7 49
NT 4 1 5
BM 103 3 106
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 12 3 15
Jacob 1 0 1
Jarom 1 0 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 3 0 3
Alma 36 0 36
Hel. 11 0 11
3 Ne. 15 0 15
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 8 0 8
Ether 9 0 9
DC 40 5 45
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 190 16 206

Ether 1:42
And when thou hast done this thou shalt go at the head of them down into the valley which is northward. And there will I meet thee, and I will go before thee into a land which is choice above all the lands of the earth.

Ether 2:7
And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people.

Ether 2:10
For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God. And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off.

Ether 2:13
And now I proceed with my record; for behold, it came to pass that the Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth even to that great sea which divideth the lands. And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents; and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years.

Ether 2:15
And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done, and did call upon the name of the Lord for his brethren who were with him. And the Lord said unto him: I will forgive thee and thy brethren of their sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye shall remember that my Spirit will not always strive with man; wherefore, if ye will sin until ye are fully ripe ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And these are my thoughts upon the land which I shall give you for your inheritance; for it shall be a land choice above all other lands.

Ether 8:25
For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.

Ether 9:20
And thus the Lord did pour out his blessings upon this land, which was choice above all other lands; and he commanded that whoso should possess the land should possess it unto the Lord, or they should be destroyed when they were ripened in iniquity; for upon such, saith the Lord: I will pour out the fulness of my wrath.

Ether 10:28
And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and more prospered by the hand of the Lord. And they were in a land that was choice above all lands, for the Lord had spoken it.

Ether 13:2
For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;