Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pollute' occurs 18 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pollute' in the standard works and contain 22.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 103:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 39 50
NT 0 1 1
BM 0 5 5
1 Ne. 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 1 1
Alma 0 1 1
Morm. 0 2 2
DC 7 3 10
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 18 48 66

1 Ne. 20:11
For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto another.

Mosiah 25:11
And again, when they thought upon the Lamanites, who were their brethren, of their sinful and polluted state, they were filled with pain and anguish for the welfare of their souls.

Alma 26:17
Who could have supposed that our God would have been so merciful as to have snatched us from our awful, sinful, and polluted state?

Morm. 8:36
And I know that ye do walk in the pride of your hearts; and there are none save a few only who do not lift themselves up in the pride of their hearts, unto the wearing of very fine apparel, unto envying, and strifes, and malice, and persecutions, and all manner of iniquities; and your churches, yea, even every one, have become polluted because of the pride of your hearts.

Morm. 8:38
O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery which never dies-- because of the praise of the world?