Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'purpose' occurs 102 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'purpose' in the standard works and contain 21.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 9:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:80 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 19 19 38
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 1 2
Ps. 0 2 2
Prov. 1 1 2
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 3 7 10
Jer. 5 5 10
Lam. 0 1 1
Dan. 1 1 2
NT 17 6 23
BM 34 14 48
DC 27 7 34
PGP 5 1 6
TOTAL 102 47 149

Dan. 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.