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)

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

1 Kgs. 10:2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

1 Kgs. 10:10
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

1 Kgs. 10:11
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.