Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fair' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fair' in the standard works and contain 24.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 13:17 (4 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Song. 1:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Song. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


Ether 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:9 Now the daughter of Jared was exceedingly fair. And it came to pass that she did talk with her father, and said unto him: Whereby hath my father so much sorrow? Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across the great deep? Behold, is there not an account concerning them of old, that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?

 8:10 And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor; and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him, and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife; wherefore if he shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife, then shall ye say: I will give her if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 16 64
NT 5 4 9
BM 27 18 45
1 Ne. 3 0 3
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 6 8
Alma 1 7 8
Hel. 0 3 3
3 Ne. 4 1 5
4 Ne. 1 1 2
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 8 0 8
DC 3 11 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 85 49 134

Ether 7:4
And when Corihor was thirty and two years old he rebelled against his father, and went over and dwelt in the land of Nehor; and he begat sons and daughters, and they became exceedingly fair; wherefore Corihor drew away many people after him.

Ether 8:9
Now the daughter of Jared was exceedingly fair. And it came to pass that she did talk with her father, and said unto him: Whereby hath my father so much sorrow? Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across the great deep? Behold, is there not an account concerning them of old, that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?

Ether 8:10
And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor; and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him, and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife; wherefore if he shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife, then shall ye say: I will give her if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.

Ether 8:17
And it was the daughter of Jared who put it into his heart to search up these things of old; and Jared put it into the heart of Akish; wherefore, Akish administered it unto his kindred and friends, leading them away by fair promises to do whatsoever thing he desired.

Ether 13:17
But he repented not, neither his fair sons nor daughters; neither the fair sons and daughters of Cohor; neither the fair sons and daughters of Corihor; and in fine, there were none of the fair sons and daughters upon the face of the whole earth who repented of their sins.