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
Matt. 1 0 1
Acts 1 0 1
Rom. 1 0 1
2 Cor. 0 1 1
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 3 0 3
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 3 0 3
Heb. 1 0 1
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 4 0 4
BM 26 0 26
DC 27 2 29
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 151 8 159

James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.