Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'common' occurs 38 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'common' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 29:26 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Sam. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

 21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.




Acts 10:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 0 8
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
NT 13 3 16
BM 5 0 5
DC 10 0 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 38 3 41

1 Sam. 21:4
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

1 Sam. 21:5
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.