Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'priesthood' occurs 165 times in the standard works.

106 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'priesthood' in the standard works and contain 64.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:1-22 (23 in 22 verses)

JS-H 1:69-74 (8 in 6 verses)

D&C 84:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 68:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 107:64-70 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 107:76-82 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 84:25-30 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 13:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 113:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:130-132 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 85:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:95 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:123 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)


D&C 86:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 86:10 Therefore your life and the priesthood have remained, and must needs remain through you and your lineage until the restoration of all things spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began.

 86:11 Therefore, blessed are ye if ye continue in my goodness, a light unto the Gentiles, and through this priesthood, a savior unto my people Israel. The Lord hath said it. Amen.




D&C 107:87-88 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
NT 7 0 7
BM 8 0 8
DC 123 3 126
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 165 3 168

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