Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'purchased' occurs 18 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'purchased' in the standard works and contain 38.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 105:28-30 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 0 5
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Ruth 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
NT 4 0 4
BM 0 0 0
DC 9 0 9
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 18 0 18

Gen. 25:10
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Ex. 15:16
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Ps. 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Ps. 78:54
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.