Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'clean' occurs 153 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'clean' in the standard works and contain 42.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 27 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 13:37-41 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 14:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 19:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 19:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

John 13:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 8:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 36:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 11:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:17-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:85-86 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 114 264 378
NT 19 61 80
BM 6 33 39
1 Ne. 0 5 5
2 Ne. 1 5 6
Alma 2 12 14
Hel. 0 1 1
3 Ne. 1 6 7
Morm. 0 2 2
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 13 19 32
PGP 1 3 4
TOTAL 153 380 533

Alma 5:21
I say unto you, ye will know at that day that ye cannot be saved; for there can no man be saved except his garments are washed white; yea, his garments must be purified until they are cleansed from all stain, through the blood of him of whom it has been spoken by our fathers, who should come to redeem his people from their sins.

Alma 5:24
Behold, my brethren, do ye suppose that such an one can have a place to sit down in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, and also all the holy prophets, whose garments are cleansed and are spotless, pure and white?

Alma 5:27
Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God? Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your garments have been cleansed and made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to redeem his people from their sins?

Alma 5:57
And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;

Alma 7:14
Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.

Alma 7:21
And he doth not dwell in unholy temples; neither can filthiness or anything which is unclean be received into the kingdom of God; therefore I say unto you the time shall come, yea, and it shall be at the last day, that he who is filthy shall remain in his filthiness.

Alma 11:37
And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins; for I cannot deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.

Alma 40:26
But behold, an awful death cometh upon the wicked; for they die as to things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are unclean, and no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God; but they are cast out, and consigned to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works, which have been evil; and they drink the dregs of a bitter cup.

Alma 60:23
Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.

Alma 60:24
And now, except ye do repent of that which ye have done, and begin to be up and doing, and send forth food and men unto us, and also unto Helaman, that he may support those parts of our country which he has regained, and that we may also recover the remainder of our possessions in these parts, behold it will be expedient that we contend no more with the Lamanites until we have first cleansed our inward vessel, yea, even the great head of our government.