Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'council' occurs 94 times in the standard works.

57 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'council' in the standard works and contain 60.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 25 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 102:1-30 (33 in 30 verses)

D&C 107:78-82 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 120:1 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:85-87 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:30-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 22 2 24
BM 4 0 4
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
DC 67 21 88
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 94 23 117

Mosiah 12:17
And it came to pass that king Noah caused that Abinadi should be cast into prison; and he commanded that the priests should gather themselves together that he might hold a council with them what he should do with him.

Alma 24:5
Now when Ammon and his brethren and all those who had come up with him saw the preparations of the Lamanites to destroy their brethren, they came forth to the land of Midian, and there Ammon met all his brethren; and from thence they came to the land of Ishmael that they might hold a council with Lamoni and also with his brother Anti-Nephi-Lehi, what they should do to defend themselves against the Lamanites.

Alma 52:19
And in the commencement of the twenty and eighth year, Moroni and Teancum and many of the chief captains held a council of war-- what they should do to cause the Lamanites to come out against them to battle; or that they might by some means flatter them out of their strongholds, that they might gain advantage over them and take again the city of Mulek.

3 Ne. 12:22
But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.