Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pure' occurs 151 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pure' in the standard works and contain 25.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Titus 1:15 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:52 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 22:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 24:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 75 5 80
NT 22 1 23
BM 26 0 26
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Jacob 4 0 4
Mosiah 4 0 4
Alma 7 0 7
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
Moro. 3 0 3
DC 27 2 29
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 151 8 159

1 Ne. 4:9
And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof; and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the blade thereof was of the most precious steel.

1 Ne. 14:23
Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true; and behold they are written in the book which thou beheld proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the book proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, the things which were written were plain and pure, and most precious and easy to the understanding of all men.