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)

 2:25 And now I ask, can ye say aught of yourselves? I answer you, Nay. Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth; yet ye were created of the dust of the earth; but behold, it belongeth to him who created you.

 2:26 And I, even I, whom ye call your king, am no better than ye yourselves are; for I am also of the dust. And ye behold that I am old, and am about to yield up this mortal frame to its mother earth.




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)

Exact Word Count

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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