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)

 11:8 And it came to pass that king Noah built many elegant and spacious buildings; and he ornamented them with fine work of wood, and of all manner of precious things, of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of brass, and of ziff, and of copper;

 11:9 And he also built him a spacious palace, and a throne in the midst thereof, all of which was of fine wood and was ornamented with gold and silver and with precious things.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 59 0 59
NT 17 0 17
BM 54 0 54
1 Ne. 21 0 21
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Jacob 5 0 5
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 9 0 9
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 1 0 1
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 136 0 136

Mosiah 11:8
And it came to pass that king Noah built many elegant and spacious buildings; and he ornamented them with fine work of wood, and of all manner of precious things, of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of brass, and of ziff, and of copper;

Mosiah 11:9
And he also built him a spacious palace, and a throne in the midst thereof, all of which was of fine wood and was ornamented with gold and silver and with precious things.

Mosiah 19:15
Therefore the Lamanites did spare their lives, and took them captives and carried them back to the land of Nephi, and granted unto them that they might possess the land, under the conditions that they would deliver up king Noah into the hands of the Lamanites, and deliver up their property, even one half of all they possessed, one half of their gold, and their silver, and all their precious things, and thus they should pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites from year to year.

Mosiah 21:21
For they were desirous to take them that they might punish them; for they had come into the land of Nephi by night, and carried off their grain and many of their precious things; therefore they laid wait for them.

Mosiah 22:12
And they had taken all their gold, and silver, and their precious things, which they could carry, and also their provisions with them, into the wilderness; and they pursued their journey.