Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dust' occurs 156 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dust' in the standard works and contain 16.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 8:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)


Hel. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:7 O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea, even they are less than the dust of the earth.

 12:8 For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither, to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and everlasting God.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 101 1 102
NT 7 0 7
BM 36 6 42
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 15 1 16
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 5 1 6
Alma 2 3 5
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 1 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 6 0 6
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 156 7 163

Hel. 12:7
O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea, even they are less than the dust of the earth.

Hel. 12:8
For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither, to the dividing asunder, at the command of our great and everlasting God.