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)

 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.




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

2 Kgs. 1:13
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 20:13
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.