Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nation' occurs 199 times in the standard works.

58 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nation' in the standard works and contain 29.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 5:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 28:49-50 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

John 11:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 15:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 25:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 27:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 21:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 29:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:43 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 507 621
NT 31 80 111
BM 31 238 269
1 Ne. 5 35 40
2 Ne. 9 54 63
Jacob 0 5 5
Mosiah 4 26 30
Alma 5 30 35
Hel. 0 19 19
3 Ne. 1 33 34
4 Ne. 0 2 2
Morm. 0 9 9
Ether 6 18 24
Moro. 1 7 8
DC 19 142 161
PGP 4 26 30
TOTAL 199 993 1192

1 Ne. 4:13
Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

1 Ne. 17:37
And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth the nations of the wicked.

1 Ne. 19:17
Yea, and all the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord, saith the prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall be blessed.

1 Ne. 22:7
And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the house of Israel have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord God will raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even upon the face of this land; and by them shall our seed be scattered.

1 Ne. 22:14
And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord. And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea, that great and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust and great shall be the fall of it.

2 Ne. 8:4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.

2 Ne. 10:3
Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ-- for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name-- should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him-- for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.

2 Ne. 12:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks-- nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2 Ne. 19:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy-- they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

2 Ne. 20:6
I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

2 Ne. 26:13
And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among the children of men according to their faith.

2 Ne. 29:8
Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.

Mosiah 3:13
And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.

Mosiah 3:20
And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of a Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

Mosiah 15:28
And now I say unto you that the time shall come that the salvation of the Lord shall be declared to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

Mosiah 16:1
And now, it came to pass that after Abinadi had spoken these words he stretched forth his hand and said: The time shall come when all shall see the salvation of the Lord; when every nation, kindred, tongue, and people shall see eye to eye and shall confess before God that his judgments are just.

Alma 9:20
Yea, after having been such a highly favored people of the Lord; yea, after having been favored above every other nation, kindred, tongue, or people; after having had all things made known unto them, according to their desires, and their faith, and prayers, of that which has been, and which is, and which is to come;

Alma 29:8
For behold, the Lord doth grant unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue, to teach his word, yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that they should have; therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom, according to that which is just and true.

Alma 37:4
Behold, it has been prophesied by our fathers, that they should be kept and handed down from one generation to another, and be kept and preserved by the hand of the Lord until they should go forth unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, that they shall know of the mysteries contained thereon.

Alma 37:25
I will bring forth out of darkness unto light all their secret works and their abominations; and except they repent I will destroy them from off the face of the earth; and I will bring to light all their secrets and abominations, unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land.

Alma 45:16
And he said: Thus saith the Lord God-- Cursed shall be the land, yea, this land, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land, for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.

3 Ne. 24:9
Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

Ether 1:43
And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee, a great nation. And there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth. And thus I will do unto thee because this long time ye have cried unto me.

Ether 2:9
And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity.

Ether 2:12
Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.

Ether 8:22
And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.

Moro. 8:27
Behold, my son, I will write unto you again if I go not out soon against the Lamanites. Behold, the pride of this nation, or the people of the Nephites, hath proven their destruction except they should repent.