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
Ex. 31 0 31
Lev. 4 0 4
Deut. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 2 0 2
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 1 0 1
Job 6 1 7
Ps. 7 0 7
Prov. 6 1 7
Isa. 0 1 1
Lam. 0 1 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 22 1 23
BM 26 0 26
DC 27 2 29
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 151 8 159

Ex. 25:11
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 25:17
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 25:24
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 25:29
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

Ex. 25:31
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

Ex. 25:36
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

Ex. 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

Ex. 25:39
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

Ex. 27:20
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Ex. 28:14
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

Ex. 28:22
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

Ex. 28:36
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, Holiness to the Lord.

Ex. 30:3
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 30:23
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Ex. 30:34
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

Ex. 30:35
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

Ex. 31:8
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

Ex. 37:2
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

Ex. 37:6
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 37:11
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 37:16
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.

Ex. 37:17
And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

Ex. 37:22
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

Ex. 37:23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.

Ex. 37:24
Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

Ex. 37:26
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 37:29
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

Ex. 39:15
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

Ex. 39:25
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

Ex. 39:30
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, Holiness to the Lord.

Ex. 39:37
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

Lev. 24:2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

Lev. 24:4
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

Lev. 24:6
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.

Lev. 24:7
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Deut. 32:14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

2 Sam. 22:27
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

1 Kgs. 5:11
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

1 Kgs. 6:20
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

1 Kgs. 6:21
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

1 Kgs. 7:49
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

1 Kgs. 7:50
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

1 Kgs. 10:21
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

1 Chr. 28:17
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver:

2 Chr. 3:4
And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

2 Chr. 4:20
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

2 Chr. 4:22
And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chr. 9:17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

2 Chr. 9:20
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

2 Chr. 13:11
And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.

Ezra 6:20
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

Job 4:17
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Job 8:6
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 11:4
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

Job 25:5
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Ps. 12:6
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Ps. 18:26
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

Ps. 19:8
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ps. 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ps. 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Ps. 119:140
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

Prov. 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Prov. 20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Prov. 20:11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Prov. 21:8
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

Prov. 22:11
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Prov. 30:5
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Prov. 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Isa. 1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

Lam. 4:7
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

Dan. 7:9
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Hab. 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Zeph. 3:9
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

Mal. 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.