Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'servants' occurs 680 times in the standard works.

269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'servants' in the standard works and contain 39.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 114 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 52:24-32 (10 in 9 verses)

Rom. 6:16-22 (8 in 7 verses)

Alma 17:25-29 (7 in 5 verses)

Alma 22:19-23 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 109:38-44 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 47:25-29 (6 in 5 verses)

Isa. 65:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 18:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 101:51-55 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:39-40 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 2:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 16:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 12:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 5:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 109:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 8:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 1:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 21:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 18:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 109:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 136:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 32:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:55 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:49 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 19:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 10:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:46 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:30-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:19-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 49:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 411 23 434
NT 69 5 74
BM 75 0 75
DC 122 0 122
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 680 28 708

D&C 1:6
Behold, this is mine authority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my commandments, which I have given them to publish unto you, O inhabitants of the earth.

D&C 1:14
And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people;

D&C 1:24
Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these commandments are of me, and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their language, that they might come to understanding.

D&C 1:38
What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.

D&C 5:11
And in addition to your testimony, the testimony of three of my servants, whom I shall call and ordain, unto whom I will show these things, and they shall go forth with my words that are given through you.

D&C 10:5
Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work.

D&C 13:1
Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.

D&C 27:8
Which John I have sent unto you, my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, to ordain you unto the first priesthood which you have received, that you might be called and ordained even as Aaron;

D&C 32:2
And that which I have appointed unto him is that he shall go with my servants, Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer, Jun., into the wilderness among the Lamanites.

D&C 33:1
Behold, I say unto you, my servants Ezra and Northrop, open ye your ears and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, whose word is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of the joints and marrow, soul and spirit; and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

D&C 36:5
That as many as shall come before my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun., embracing this calling and commandment, shall be ordained and sent forth to preach the everlasting gospel among the nations--

D&C 42:4
Behold, verily I say unto you, I give unto you this first commandment, that ye shall go forth in my name, every one of you, excepting my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon.

D&C 42:63
And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south.

D&C 43:25
How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind, and by the great sound of a trump, and by the voice of judgment, and by the voice of mercy all the day long, and by the voice of glory and honor and the riches of eternal life, and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation, but ye would not!

D&C 43:30
For the great Millennium, of which I have spoken by the mouth of my servants, shall come.

D&C 44:1
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, it is expedient in me that the elders of my church should be called together, from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, by letter or some other way.

D&C 49:1
Hearken unto my word, my servants Sidney, and Parley, and Leman; for behold, verily I say unto you, that I give unto you a commandment that you shall go and preach my gospel which ye have received, even as ye have received it, unto the Shakers.

D&C 49:3
Wherefore, I send you, my servants Sidney and Parley, to preach the gospel unto them.

D&C 49:4
And my servant Leman shall be ordained unto this work, that he may reason with them, not according to that which he has received of them, but according to that which shall be taught him by you my servants; and by so doing I will bless him, otherwise he shall not prosper.

D&C 50:38
And also my servant John Corrill, or as many of my servants as are ordained unto this office, and let them labor in the vineyard; and let no man hinder them doing that which I have appointed unto them--

D&C 52:3
Wherefore, verily I say unto you, let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon take their journey as soon as preparations can be made to leave their homes, and journey to the land of Missouri.

D&C 52:24
And again, let my servants Edward Partridge and Martin Harris take their journey with my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun.

D&C 52:25
Let my servants David Whitmer and Harvey Whitlock also take their journey, and preach by the way unto this same land.

D&C 52:26
And let my servants Parley P. Pratt and Orson Pratt take their journey, and preach by the way, even unto this same land.

D&C 52:27
And let my servants Solomon Hancock and Simeon Carter also take their journey unto this same land, and preach by the way.

D&C 52:28
Let my servants Edson Fuller and Jacob Scott also take their journey.

D&C 52:29
Let my servants Levi W. Hancock and Zebedee Coltrin also take their journey.

D&C 52:30
Let my servants Reynolds Cahoon and Samuel H. Smith also take their journey.

D&C 52:31
Let my servants Wheeler Baldwin and William Carter also take their journey.

D&C 52:32
And let my servants Newel Knight and Selah J. Griffin both be ordained, and also take their journey.

D&C 52:35
And again, I say unto you, let my servants Joseph Wakefield and Solomon Humphrey take their journey into the eastern lands;

D&C 52:41
And again, let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge take with them a recommend from the church. And let there be one obtained for my servant Oliver Cowdery also.

D&C 53:5
And again, verily I say unto you, you shall take your journey with my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon.

D&C 55:5
And again, verily I say unto you, for this cause you shall take your journey with my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that you may be planted in the land of your inheritance to do this work.

D&C 56:5
Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him.

D&C 56:6
For behold, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions.

D&C 58:58
And let a conference meeting be called; and after that let my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun., return, and also Oliver Cowdery with them, to accomplish the residue of the work which I have appointed unto them in their own land, and the residue as shall be ruled by the conferences.

D&C 60:6
And from thence let my servants, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, take their journey for Cincinnati;

D&C 61:9
But now, verily I say, it behooveth me that ye should part. Wherefore let my servants Sidney Gilbert and William W. Phelps take their former company, and let them take their journey in haste that they may fill their mission, and through faith they shall overcome;

D&C 61:23
And now, concerning my servants, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, let them come not again upon the waters, save it be upon the canal, while journeying unto their homes; or in other words they shall not come upon the waters to journey, save upon the canal.

D&C 61:30
And again, verily I say unto you, my servants, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, shall not open their mouths in the congregations of the wicked until they arrive at Cincinnati;

D&C 63:65
Let my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, seek them a home, as they are taught through prayer by the Spirit.

D&C 64:26
And it is not meet that my servants, Newel K. Whitney and Sidney Gilbert, should sell their store and their possessions here; for this is not wisdom until the residue of the church, which remaineth in this place, shall go up unto the land of Zion.

D&C 68:5
Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants.

D&C 69:5
And also, my servants who are abroad in the earth should send forth the accounts of their stewardships to the land of Zion;

D&C 70:15
Now, this commandment I give unto my servants for their benefit while they remain, for a manifestation of my blessings upon their heads, and for a reward of their diligence and for their security;

D&C 71:1
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that the time has verily come that it is necessary and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in proclaiming my gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the mysteries thereof out of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which shall be given unto you, even as I will.

D&C 72:20
And again, let my servants who are appointed as stewards over the literary concerns of my church have claim for assistance upon the bishop or bishops in all things--

D&C 73:3
Now, verily I say unto you my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, saith the Lord, it is expedient to translate again;

D&C 76:112
And they shall be servants of the Most High; but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end.

D&C 77:9
Q. What are we to understand by the angel ascending from the east, Revelation 7th chapter and 2nd verse?

A. We are to understand that the angel ascending from the east is he to whom is given the seal of the living God over the twelve tribes of Israel; wherefore, he crieth unto the four angels having the everlasting gospel, saying: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And, if you will receive it, this is Elias which was to come to gather together the tribes of Israel and restore all things.

D&C 82:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, my servants, that inasmuch as you have forgiven one another your trespasses, even so I, the Lord, forgive you.

D&C 82:11
Therefore, verily I say unto you, that it is expedient for my servants Edward Partridge and Newel K. Whitney, A. Sidney Gilbert and Sidney Rigdon, and my servant Joseph Smith, and John Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery, and W. W. Phelps and Martin Harris to be bound together by a bond and covenant that cannot be broken by transgression, except judgment shall immediately follow, in your several stewardships--

D&C 84:36
For he that receiveth my servants receiveth me;

D&C 84:117
And verily I say unto you, the rest of my servants, go ye forth as your circumstances shall permit, in your several callings, unto the great and notable cities and villages, reproving the world in righteousness of all their unrighteous and ungodly deeds, setting forth clearly and understandingly the desolation of abomination in the last days.

D&C 86:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the parable of the wheat and of the tares:

D&C 88:51
Behold, I will liken these kingdoms unto a man having a field, and he sent forth his servants into the field to dig in the field.

D&C 93:46
I called you servants for the world's sake, and ye are their servants for my sake--

D&C 93:52
And let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Frederick G. Williams make haste also, and it shall be given them even according to the prayer of faith; and inasmuch as you keep my sayings you shall not be confounded in this world, nor in the world to come.

D&C 94:14
And on the first and second lots on the north shall my servants Reynolds Cahoon and Jared Carter receive their inheritances--

D&C 95:10
Nevertheless, my servants sinned a very grievous sin; and contentions arose in the school of the prophets; which was very grievous unto me, saith your Lord; therefore I sent them forth to be chastened.

D&C 100:14
Thy brethren, my servants Orson Hyde and John Gould, are in my hands; and inasmuch as they keep my commandments they shall be saved.

D&C 101:44
A certain nobleman had a spot of land, very choice; and he said unto his servants: Go ye unto my vineyard, even upon this very choice piece of land, and plant twelve olive trees;

D&C 101:46
Now, the servants of the nobleman went and did as their lord commanded them, and planted the olive trees, and built a hedge round about, and set watchmen, and began to build a tower.

D&C 101:51
And the enemy came by night, and broke down the hedge; and the servants of the nobleman arose and were affrighted, and fled; and the enemy destroyed their works, and broke down the olive trees.

D&C 101:52
Now, behold, the nobleman, the lord of the vineyard, called upon his servants, and said unto them, Why! what is the cause of this great evil?

D&C 101:55
And the lord of the vineyard said unto one of his servants: Go and gather together the residue of my servants, and take all the strength of mine house, which are my warriors, my young men, and they that are of middle age also among all my servants, who are the strength of mine house, save those only whom I have appointed to tarry;

D&C 104:4
Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant through covetousness, and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse.

D&C 104:29
And let my servants Frederick G. Williams and Oliver Cowdery have the printing office and all things that pertain unto it.

D&C 108:4
Wait patiently until the solemn assembly shall be called of my servants, then you shall be remembered with the first of mine elders, and receive right by ordination with the rest of mine elders whom I have chosen.

D&C 109:1
Thanks be to thy name, O Lord God of Israel, who keepest covenant and showest mercy unto thy servants who walk uprightly before thee, with all their hearts--

D&C 109:2
Thou who hast commanded thy servants to build a house to thy name in this place [Kirtland].

D&C 109:3
And now thou beholdest, O Lord, that thy servants have done according to thy commandment.

D&C 109:4
And now we ask thee, Holy Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of thy bosom, in whose name alone salvation can be administered to the children of men, we ask thee, O Lord, to accept of this house, the workmanship of the hands of us, thy servants, which thou didst command us to build.

D&C 109:22
And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them;

D&C 109:29
We ask thee, Holy Father, to confound, and astonish, and to bring to shame and confusion, all those who have spread lying reports abroad, over the world, against thy servant or servants, if they will not repent, when the everlasting gospel shall be proclaimed in their ears;

D&C 109:31
For thou knowest, O Lord, that thy servants have been innocent before thee in bearing record of thy name, for which they have suffered these things.

D&C 109:33
Break it off, O Lord; break it off from the necks of thy servants, by thy power, that we may rise up in the midst of this generation and do thy work.

D&C 109:38
Put upon thy servants the testimony of the covenant, that when they go out and proclaim thy word they may seal up the law, and prepare the hearts of thy saints for all those judgments thou art about to send, in thy wrath, upon the inhabitants of the earth, because of their transgressions, that thy people may not faint in the day of trouble.

D&C 109:39
And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people of that city receive their testimony, let thy peace and thy salvation be upon that city; that they may gather out of that city the righteous, that they may come forth to Zion, or to her stakes, the places of thine appointment, with songs of everlasting joy;

D&C 109:41
And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people of that city receive not the testimony of thy servants, and thy servants warn them to save themselves from this untoward generation, let it be upon that city according to that which thou hast spoken by the mouths of thy prophets.

D&C 109:42
But deliver thou, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, thy servants from their hands, and cleanse them from their blood.

D&C 109:44
But thy word must be fulfilled. Help thy servants to say, with thy grace assisting them: Thy will be done, O Lord, and not ours.

D&C 109:46
Therefore, O Lord, deliver thy people from the calamity of the wicked; enable thy servants to seal up the law, and bind up the testimony, that they may be prepared against the day of burning.

D&C 109:56
That their hearts may be softened when thy servants shall go out from thy house, O Jehovah, to bear testimony of thy name; that their prejudices may give way before the truth, and thy people may obtain favor in the sight of all;

D&C 109:57
That all the ends of the earth may know that we, thy servants, have heard thy voice, and that thou hast sent us;

D&C 109:58
That from among all these, thy servants, the sons of Jacob, may gather out the righteous to build a holy city to thy name, as thou hast commanded them.

D&C 110:8
Yea, I will appear unto my servants, and speak unto them with mine own voice, if my people will keep my commandments, and do not pollute this holy house.

D&C 110:9
Yea the hearts of thousands and tens of thousands shall greatly rejoice in consequence of the blessings which shall be poured out, and the endowment with which my servants have been endowed in this house.

D&C 112:1
Verily thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Thomas: I have heard thy prayers; and thine alms have come up as a memorial before me, in behalf of those, thy brethren, who were chosen to bear testimony of my name and to send it abroad among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, and ordained through the instrumentality of my servants.

D&C 115:3
And also unto my faithful servants who are of the high council of my church in Zion, for thus it shall be called, and unto all the elders and people of my Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, scattered abroad in all the world;

D&C 117:16
And again, verily I say unto you, let all my servants in the land of Kirtland remember the Lord their God, and mine house also, to keep and preserve it holy, and to overthrow the moneychangers in mine own due time, saith the Lord. Even so. Amen.

D&C 121:2
How long shall thy hand be stayed, and thine eye, yea thy pure eye, behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy servants, and thine ear be penetrated with their cries?

D&C 121:6
Remember thy suffering saints, O our God; and thy servants will rejoice in thy name forever.

D&C 121:17
But those who cry transgression do it because they are the servants of sin, and are the children of disobedience themselves.

D&C 121:18
And those who swear falsely against my servants, that they might bring them into bondage and death--

D&C 124:8
And that I may visit them in the day of visitation, when I shall unveil the face of my covering, to appoint the portion of the oppressor among hypocrites, where there is gnashing of teeth, if they reject my servants and my testimony which I have revealed unto them.

D&C 124:45
And if my people will hearken unto my voice, and unto the voice of my servants whom I have appointed to lead my people, behold, verily I say unto you, they shall not be moved out of their place.

D&C 124:118
And hearken unto the counsel of my servants Joseph, and Hyrum, and William Law, and unto the authorities which I have called to lay the foundation of Zion; and it shall be well with him forever and ever. Even so. Amen.

D&C 124:134
Which ordinance is instituted for the purpose of qualifying those who shall be appointed standing presidents or servants over different stakes scattered abroad;

D&C 132:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines--

D&C 132:16
Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.

D&C 132:38
David also received many wives and concubines, and also Solomon and Moses my servants, as also many others of my servants, from the beginning of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they received not of me.

D&C 133:30
And they shall bring forth their rich treasures unto the children of Ephraim, my servants.

D&C 133:32
And there shall they fall down and be crowned with glory, even in Zion, by the hands of the servants of the Lord, even the children of Ephraim.

D&C 133:38
And the servants of God shall go forth, saying with a loud voice: Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come;

D&C 133:71
Behold, and lo, there are none to deliver you; for ye obeyed not my voice when I called to you out of the heavens; ye believed not my servants, and when they were sent unto you ye received them not.

D&C 134:12
We believe it just to preach the gospel to the nations of the earth, and warn the righteous to save themselves from the corruption of the world; but we do not believe it right to interfere with bond-servants, neither preach the gospel to, nor baptize them contrary to the will and wish of their masters, nor to meddle with or influence them in the least to cause them to be dissatisfied with their situations in this life, thereby jeopardizing the lives of men; such interference we believe to be unlawful and unjust, and dangerous to the peace of every government allowing human beings to be held in servitude.

D&C 136:12
Let my servants Ezra T. Benson and Erastus Snow organize a company.

D&C 136:13
And let my servants Orson Pratt and Wilford Woodruff organize a company.

D&C 136:14
Also, let my servants Amasa Lyman and George A. Smith organize a company.

D&C 136:16
And let my servants that have been appointed go and teach this, my will, to the saints, that they may be ready to go to a land of peace.

D&C 136:37
Therefore, marvel not at these things, for ye are not yet pure; ye can not yet bear my glory; but ye shall behold it if ye are faithful in keeping all my words that I have given you, from the days of Adam to Abraham, from Abraham to Moses, from Moses to Jesus and his apostles, and from Jesus and his apostles to Joseph Smith, whom I did call upon by mine angels, my ministering servants, and by mine own voice out of the heavens, to bring forth my work;

D&C 138:37
That they might carry the message of redemption unto all the dead, unto whom he could not go personally, because of their rebellion and transgression, that they through the ministration of his servants might also hear his words.