Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elders' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elders' in the standard works and contain 23.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:63-70 (8 in 8 verses)

Judg. 11:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 22:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 77:5 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:81-82 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 25:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:89 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 108:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:16-58:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:139-140 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 0 119
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 11 0 11
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 9 0 9
Deut. 20 0 20
Josh. 8 0 8
Judg. 10 0 10
Ruth 4 0 4
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 6 0 6
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 7 0 7
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 4 0 4
Joel 2 0 2
NT 60 0 60
BM 9 0 9
DC 86 0 86
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 274 0 274

Lam. 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

Lam. 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lam. 4:16
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

Lam. 5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

Lam. 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.