Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'common' occurs 38 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'common' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 29:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 104:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

 104:71 And there shall not any part of it be used, or taken out of the treasury, only by the voice and common consent of the order.

 104:72 And this shall be the voice and common consent of the order-- that any man among you say to the treasurer: I have need of this to help me in my stewardship--




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 0 8
NT 13 3 16
BM 5 0 5
DC 10 0 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 38 3 41

Lev. 4:27
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

Num. 16:29
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.

1 Sam. 21:4
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

1 Sam. 21:5
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

Eccl. 6:1
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Jer. 26:23
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Jer. 31:5
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

Ezek. 23:42
And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

Matt. 27:27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

Matt. 28:15
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Mark 12:37
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

Acts 2:44
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Acts 5:18
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

Acts 10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Acts 10:15
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Acts 10:28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Acts 11:8
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

Acts 11:9
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

1 Cor. 5:1
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

1 Cor. 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Eph. 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Titus 1:4
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Jude 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Mosiah 29:26
Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law-- to do your business by the voice of the people.

3 Ne. 26:19
And they taught, and did minister one to another; and they had all things common among them, every man dealing justly, one with another.

4 Ne. 1:3
And they had all things common among them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift.

4 Ne. 1:25
And from that time forth they did have their goods and their substance no more common among them.

D&C 26:2
And all things shall be done by common consent in the church, by much prayer and faith, for all things you shall receive by faith. Amen.

D&C 28:13
For all things must be done in order, and by common consent in the church, by the prayer of faith.

D&C 82:18
And all this for the benefit of the church of the living God, that every man may improve upon his talent, that every man may gain other talents, yea, even an hundred fold, to be cast into the Lord's storehouse, to become the common property of the whole church--

D&C 102:28
This council of high priests abroad is only to be called on the most difficult cases of church matters; and no common or ordinary case is to be sufficient to call such council.

D&C 104:71
And there shall not any part of it be used, or taken out of the treasury, only by the voice and common consent of the order.

D&C 104:72
And this shall be the voice and common consent of the order-- that any man among you say to the treasurer: I have need of this to help me in my stewardship--

D&C 104:85
And pledge the properties which I have put into your hands, this once, by giving your names by common consent or otherwise, as it shall seem good unto you.

D&C 107:74
Thus shall he be a judge, even a common judge among the inhabitants of Zion, or in a stake of Zion, or in any branch of the church where he shall be set apart unto this ministry, until the borders of Zion are enlarged and it becomes necessary to have other bishops or judges in Zion or elsewhere.

D&C 107:82
And inasmuch as a President of the High Priesthood shall transgress, he shall be had in remembrance before the common council of the church, who shall be assisted by twelve counselors of the High Priesthood;

D&C 127:2
And as for the perils which I am called to pass through, they seem but a small thing to me, as the envy and wrath of man have been my common lot all the days of my life; and for what cause it seems mysterious, unless I was ordained from before the foundation of the world for some good end, or bad, as you may choose to call it. Judge ye for yourselves. God knoweth all these things, whether it be good or bad. But nevertheless, deep water is what I am wont to swim in. It all has become a second nature to me; and I feel, like Paul, to glory in tribulation; for to this day has the God of my fathers delivered me out of them all, and will deliver me from henceforth; for behold, and lo, I shall triumph over all my enemies, for the Lord God hath spoken it.

JS-H 1:22
I soon found, however, that my telling the story had excited a great deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion, and was the cause of great persecution, which continued to increase; and though I was an obscure boy, only between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and my circumstances in life such as to make a boy of no consequence in the world, yet men of high standing would take notice sufficient to excite the public mind against me, and create a bitter persecution; and this was common among all the sects-- all united to persecute me.

JS-H 1:27
I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty-- first of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all the time suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men, both religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I had seen a vision.