Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'perfect' occurs 152 times in the standard works.

43 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'perfect' in the standard works and contain 28.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:15-18 (6 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 9:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 25:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 101:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:48 (2 in 1 verse)

James 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:48 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:69 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 57 12 69
NT 42 18 60
Matt. 3 2 5
Luke 2 2 4
John 1 0 1
Acts 3 3 6
Rom. 1 0 1
1 Cor. 2 1 3
2 Cor. 2 2 4
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 1 2
Philip. 2 0 2
Col. 2 1 3
1 Thes. 1 1 2
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Heb. 9 3 12
James 6 0 6
1 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 3 2 5
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 37 10 47
DC 15 13 28
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 152 54 206

James 1:4
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James 2:22
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.