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 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
NT 48 2 50
Matt. 8 0 8
Mark 10 0 10
Luke 16 0 16
John 3 0 3
Acts 7 0 7
2 Cor. 0 1 1
1 Thes. 0 1 1
Heb. 4 0 4
BM 38 0 38
DC 3 0 3
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 223 2 225

Luke 1:39
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

Luke 1:65
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.

Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Luke 3:3
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

Luke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

Luke 4:24
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

Luke 4:37
And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

Luke 8:26
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

Luke 8:34
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

Luke 8:37
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

Luke 9:12
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

Luke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Luke 15:15
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luke 19:12
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Luke 20:9
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Luke 23:26
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.