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
Ex. 18 0 18
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 11 1 12
Deut. 5 1 6
Josh. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 4 5
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 5 3 8
2 Chr. 7 2 9
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 0 2 2
Ps. 1 2 3
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 1 2 3
Ezek. 9 7 16
Dan. 0 1 1
Joel 0 4 4
NT 34 40 74
BM 35 52 87
DC 6 58 64
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 142 193 335

Num. 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Deut. 10:6
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

1 Sam. 2:18
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

1 Sam. 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

2 Sam. 13:17
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

1 Kgs. 1:4
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

1 Kgs. 1:15
And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

1 Kgs. 10:5
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

1 Kgs. 19:21
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

2 Kgs. 25:14
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

1 Chr. 6:32
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

1 Chr. 9:28
And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

1 Chr. 28:1
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 9:4
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

2 Chr. 22:8
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

Ezra 7:24
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

Ezra 8:17
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

Esth. 2:2
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

Esth. 6:3
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Ps. 103:21
Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

Ps. 104:4
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Isa. 61:6
But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Jer. 33:21
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

Jer. 52:18
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

Ezek. 44:11
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

Ezek. 44:12
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.

Ezek. 44:19
And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

Ezek. 45:4
The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

Ezek. 45:5
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

Ezek. 46:24
Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

Dan. 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Joel 1:9
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn.

Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?