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

2 Ne. 25:16
And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all mankind-- and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should believe these things.

Alma 5:19
I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands? I say unto you, can you look up, having the image of God engraven upon your countenances?

Alma 24:15
Oh, how merciful is our God! And now behold, since it has been as much as we could do to get our stains taken away from us, and our swords are made bright, let us hide them away that they may be kept bright, as a testimony to our God at the last day, or at the day that we shall be brought to stand before him to be judged, that we have not stained our swords in the blood of our brethren since he imparted his word unto us and has made us clean thereby.

3 Ne. 20:41
And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.

Ether 4:6
For the Lord said unto me: They shall not go forth unto the Gentiles until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity, and become clean before the Lord.

Ether 12:37
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore, thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.