Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'white' occurs 116 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'white' in the standard works and contain 40.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 13:19-26 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 13:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:42 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 7:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 46 2 48
NT 29 2 31
BM 27 7 34
DC 12 1 13
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 116 14 130

Ps. 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lam. 4:7
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

Matt. 23:27
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Acts 23:3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

1 Ne. 8:11
And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.

1 Ne. 11:8
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look! And I looked and beheld a tree; and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen; and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.

Jacob 3:8
O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God.

3 Ne. 19:25
And it came to pass that Jesus blessed them as they did pray unto him; and his countenance did smile upon them, and the light of his countenance did shine upon them, and behold they were as white as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness, yea, even there could be nothing upon earth so white as the whiteness thereof.

D&C 20:6
But after repenting, and humbling himself sincerely, through faith, God ministered unto him by an holy angel, whose countenance was as lightning, and whose garments were pure and white above all other whiteness;

JS-H 1:31
He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so, also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles. His head and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no other clothing on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into his bosom.