Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'precious' occurs 136 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'precious' in the standard works and contain 26.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 33:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

 33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

 33:15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.




1 Ne. 13:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 13:32-35 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 124:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 20:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 39:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 59 0 59
Gen. 1 0 1
Deut. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 4 0 4
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Ezra 2 0 2
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 6 0 6
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 5 0 5
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 3 0 3
NT 17 0 17
BM 54 0 54
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 136 0 136

Deut. 33:13
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

Deut. 33:14
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

Deut. 33:15
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

Deut. 33:16
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.