Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'anointed' occurs 118 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 'anointed' in the standard works and contain 14.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Lev. 8:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 22:51-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 86 1 87
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 11 0 11
Num. 8 0 8
1 Sam. 15 0 15
2 Sam. 14 0 14
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 5 0 5
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Ps. 13 0 13
Isa. 2 0 2
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 12 0 12
BM 8 0 8
DC 12 0 12
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 118 1 119

2 Sam. 1:14
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?

2 Sam. 1:16
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed.

2 Sam. 1:21
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

2 Sam. 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

2 Sam. 3:39
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

2 Sam. 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Sam. 5:17
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

2 Sam. 12:7
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

2 Sam. 12:20
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

2 Sam. 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

2 Sam. 19:21
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

2 Sam. 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

2 Sam. 23:1
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,