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

Ezek. 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 27:20
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

Ezek. 27:22
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

Ezek. 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.