Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'buy' occurs 66 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'buy' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 32:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 55:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 6 48
Gen. 12 0 12
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 4 1 5
Deut. 3 0 3
Ruth 3 1 4
2 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Prov. 1 2 3
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
NT 14 2 16
BM 5 0 5
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 66 8 74

Ruth 4:4
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

Ruth 4:5
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Ruth 4:8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.