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

Lev. 25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

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.

Prov. 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Prov. 31:16
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Isa. 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

Ezek. 7:12
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.