Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'minister' occurs 142 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'minister' in the standard works and contain 21.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 14 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 7:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 44:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 28:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:43-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 66 36 102
NT 34 40 74
Matt. 3 4 7
Mark 2 4 6
Luke 1 3 4
Acts 3 3 6
Rom. 6 3 9
1 Cor. 1 2 3
2 Cor. 1 11 12
Gal. 1 1 2
Eph. 3 0 3
Philip. 0 1 1
Col. 4 1 5
1 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 2 0 2
2 Tim. 0 1 1
Philem. 0 1 1
Heb. 3 4 7
1 Pet. 3 0 3
2 Pet. 0 1 1
BM 35 52 87
DC 6 58 64
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 142 193 335

Matt. 4:11
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Matt. 8:15
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

Matt. 20:26
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

Matt. 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Matt. 25:44
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

Matt. 27:55
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

Mark 1:13
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Mark 1:31
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

Mark 10:43
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

Mark 10:45
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Mark 15:41
(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

Luke 1:2
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

Luke 4:20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

Luke 4:39
And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

Luke 8:3
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

Acts 13:2
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Acts 13:5
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

Acts 19:22
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

Acts 20:34
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Acts 24:23
And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.

Acts 26:16
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

Rom. 12:7
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

Rom. 13:4
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Rom. 13:6
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

Rom. 15:8
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Rom. 15:16
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Rom. 15:25
But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

Rom. 15:27
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

1 Cor. 3:5
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

1 Cor. 4:1
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Cor. 9:13
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

2 Cor. 3:3
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

2 Cor. 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Cor. 6:4
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

2 Cor. 8:4
Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

2 Cor. 8:19
And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

2 Cor. 8:20
Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:

2 Cor. 9:1
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

2 Cor. 9:10
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

2 Cor. 11:15
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

2 Cor. 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Gal. 2:17
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

Gal. 3:5
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Eph. 3:7
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

Eph. 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Eph. 6:21
But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

Philip. 2:25
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Col. 1:7
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Col. 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Col. 1:25
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

Col. 2:19
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Col. 4:7
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

1 Thes. 3:2
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

1 Tim. 1:4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

1 Tim. 4:6
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

2 Tim. 1:18
The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

Philem. 1:13
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

Heb. 1:7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

Heb. 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Heb. 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Heb. 8:2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

Heb. 10:11
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

1 Pet. 1:12
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

1 Pet. 4:10
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Pet. 4:11
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

2 Pet. 1:11
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.