Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preside' occurs 29 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preside' in the standard works and contain 58.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 102:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:85-87 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:93-95 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:136-138 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:140-141 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 5 5
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
Alma 1 0 1
DC 28 91 119
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 29 97 126

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.