Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'water' occurs 511 times in the standard works.

221 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'water' in the standard works and contain 43.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 94 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 5:17-27 (11 in 11 verses)

Lev. 15:5-13 (9 in 9 verses)

John 4:10-15 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 17:26-32 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 19:17-21 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 3:17-22 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 6:59-64 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 18:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 24:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:43-45 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 5:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Acts 8:36-39 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 19:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:12 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

John 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 3:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:73-74 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 26:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 15:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

John 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 21:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 27:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 8:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:92 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)


Lev. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

 14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.




Lev. 15:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

James 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 326 295 621
Gen. 29 38 67
Ex. 30 19 49
Lev. 37 6 43
Num. 42 3 45
Deut. 15 7 22
Josh. 10 13 23
Judg. 11 3 14
1 Sam. 8 0 8
2 Sam. 6 4 10
1 Kgs. 19 0 19
2 Kgs. 14 9 23
1 Chr. 2 1 3
2 Chr. 2 2 4
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 8 1 9
Job 7 23 30
Ps. 14 45 59
Prov. 7 10 17
Eccl. 2 1 3
Song. 0 3 3
Isa. 24 35 59
Jer. 7 23 30
Lam. 4 1 5
Ezek. 16 34 50
Dan. 1 2 3
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 1 2 3
Amos 2 3 5
Jonah 1 1 2
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 1 2 3
Hab. 1 2 3
Zech. 1 1 2
NT 70 23 93
BM 72 81 153
DC 27 22 49
PGP 16 27 43
TOTAL 511 448 959

Lev. 1:9
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Lev. 1:13
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Lev. 6:28
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

Lev. 8:6
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

Lev. 8:21
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lev. 11:9
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

Lev. 11:10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

Lev. 11:12
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

Lev. 11:32
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

Lev. 11:34
Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

Lev. 11:36
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

Lev. 11:38
But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

Lev. 11:46
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

Lev. 14:5
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Lev. 14:6
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

Lev. 14:8
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

Lev. 14:9
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

Lev. 14:50
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

Lev. 14:51
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

Lev. 14:52
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

Lev. 15:5
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:6
And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:7
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:8
And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:10
And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:11
And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:12
And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

Lev. 15:13
And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

Lev. 15:16
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:17
And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:18
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:21
And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:22
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 15:27
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 16:4
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

Lev. 16:24
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

Lev. 16:26
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

Lev. 16:28
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

Lev. 17:15
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Lev. 22:6
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.