Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ordained' occurs 156 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ordained' in the standard works and contain 32.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 21 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:71-72 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:50-52 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:60 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:45 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 77:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:64-65 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 16 0 16
NT 19 1 20
BM 19 0 19
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 9 0 9
3 Ne. 2 0 2
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 96 0 96
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 156 1 157

1 Ne. 12:7
And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost fell upon twelve others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.

1 Ne. 14:25
But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou shalt not write; for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of God that he should write them.

2 Ne. 6:2
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

Mosiah 18:18
And it came to pass that Alma, having authority from God, ordained priests; even one priest to every fifty of their number did he ordain to preach unto them, and to teach them concerning the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Mosiah 18:24
And he also commanded them that the priests whom he had ordained should labor with their own hands for their support.

Alma 6:1
And now it came to pass that after Alma had made an end of speaking unto the people of the church, which was established in the city of Zarahemla, he ordained priests and elders, by laying on his hands according to the order of God, to preside and watch over the church.

Alma 13:1
And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children; and I would that ye should remember that the Lord God ordained priests, after his holy order, which was after the order of his Son, to teach these things unto the people.

Alma 13:2
And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son, in a manner that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption.

Alma 13:3
And this is the manner after which they were ordained-- being called and prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such.

Alma 13:6
And thus being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto the high priesthood of the holy order of God, to teach his commandments unto the children of men, that they also might enter into his rest--

Alma 13:8
Now they were ordained after this manner-- being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order, which calling, and ordinance, and high priesthood, is without beginning or end--

Alma 13:10
Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it was on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish;

Alma 49:30
Yea, and there was continual peace among them, and exceedingly great prosperity in the church because of their heed and diligence which they gave unto the word of God, which was declared unto them by Helaman, and Shiblon, and Corianton, and Ammon and his brethren, yea, and by all those who had been ordained by the holy order of God, being baptized unto repentance, and sent forth to preach among the people.

3 Ne. 7:25
Therefore, there were ordained of Nephi, men unto this ministry, that all such as should come unto them should be baptized with water, and this as a witness and a testimony before God, and unto the people, that they had repented and received a remission of their sins.

3 Ne. 18:5
And when the multitude had eaten and were filled, he said unto the disciples: Behold there shall one be ordained among you, and to him will I give power that he shall break bread and bless it and give it unto the people of my church, unto all those who shall believe and be baptized in my name.

4 Ne. 1:14
And it came to pass that the seventy and first year passed away, and also the seventy and second year, yea, and in fine, till the seventy and ninth year had passed away; yea, even an hundred years had passed away, and the disciples of Jesus, whom he had chosen, had all gone to the paradise of God, save it were the three who should tarry; and there were other disciples ordained in their stead; and also many of that generation had passed away.

Moro. 3:1
The manner which the disciples, who were called the elders of the church, ordained priests and teachers--

Moro. 3:4
And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them.