Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'unclean' occurs 220 times in the standard works.

130 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'unclean' in the standard works and contain 59.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 56 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 11:24-12:5 (30 in 29 verses)

Lev. 15:2-27 (26 in 26 verses)

Num. 19:7-22 (16 in 16 verses)

Lev. 5:2 (5 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:44-46 (5 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 13:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Hag. 2:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:19-21 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:14 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 22:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 16:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 40:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 162 30 192
NT 32 11 43
BM 19 3 22
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 3 2 5
Alma 5 0 5
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 0 1 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 6 1 7
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 220 45 265

1 Ne. 10:21
Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the judgment-seat of God; and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.

1 Ne. 11:31
And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.

1 Ne. 15:34
But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy, and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God; wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for that which is filthy.

2 Ne. 8:24
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2 Ne. 16:5
Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

Alma 5:57
And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;

Alma 7:21
And he doth not dwell in unholy temples; neither can filthiness or anything which is unclean be received into the kingdom of God; therefore I say unto you the time shall come, yea, and it shall be at the last day, that he who is filthy shall remain in his filthiness.

Alma 11:37
And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins; for I cannot deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.

Alma 40:26
But behold, an awful death cometh upon the wicked; for they die as to things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are unclean, and no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God; but they are cast out, and consigned to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works, which have been evil; and they drink the dregs of a bitter cup.

Hel. 8:25
But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled against your holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and where nothing can come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for yourselves wrath against the day of judgment.

3 Ne. 7:19
And in the name of Jesus did he cast out devils and unclean spirits; and even his brother did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned and suffered death by the people.

3 Ne. 20:36
And then shall be brought to pass that which is written: Awake, awake again, and put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

3 Ne. 20:41
And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.

3 Ne. 27:19
And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.

Moro. 10:30
And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.