Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'servant' occurs 947 times in the standard works.

504 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'servant' in the standard works and contain 53.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 211 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:70-112 (43 in 43 verses)

Jacob 5:15-30 (16 in 16 verses)

D&C 124:12-22 (15 in 11 verses)

D&C 75:30-36 (14 in 7 verses)

D&C 103:29-40 (13 in 12 verses)

D&C 69:1-70:1 (11 in 9 verses)

D&C 75:9-17 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Sam. 7:25-29 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 132:52-57 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:24-30 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 6:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 64:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 104:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 124:56-62 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 112:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:23-27 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 19:26-28 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:36-39 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 114:1-115:2 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 118:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 68:7 (4 in 1 verse)

Job 42:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 14:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:125-127 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 44:30-33 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 9:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 14:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 21:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 56:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 57:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 115:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 15:34 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 78:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:65-66 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 23:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 9:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 7:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 49:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 12:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 41:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 79:4-80:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 117:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 116:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 42:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:21 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Philem. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:70 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 81:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:115 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 15:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:17 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.




Josh. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:124-125 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:14-68:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 92:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 106:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 415 465 880
Gen. 43 53 96
Ex. 9 39 48
Lev. 6 4 10
Num. 5 8 13
Deut. 7 20 27
Josh. 20 5 25
Judg. 8 4 12
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 35 44 79
2 Sam. 55 59 114
1 Kgs. 43 34 77
2 Kgs. 31 38 69
1 Chr. 17 11 28
2 Chr. 14 29 43
Ezra 0 6 6
Neh. 12 19 31
Esth. 0 9 9
Job 10 6 16
Ps. 38 17 55
Prov. 10 1 11
Eccl. 1 4 5
Isa. 24 17 41
Jer. 11 22 33
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 6 2 8
Dan. 4 8 12
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 2 3
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 83 80 163
BM 79 75 154
DC 360 122 482
PGP 10 3 13
TOTAL 947 745 1692

Deut. 3:24
O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

Deut. 5:14
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Deut. 5:15
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Deut. 5:21
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Deut. 9:27
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Deut. 12:12
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

Deut. 12:18
But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

Deut. 15:17
Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

Deut. 15:18
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

Deut. 16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

Deut. 16:14
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

Deut. 23:15
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

Deut. 24:14
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

Deut. 29:2
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

Deut. 32:36
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

Deut. 32:43
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

Deut. 34:5
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

Deut. 34:11
In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,