Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'chief' occurs 377 times in the standard works.

117 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'chief' in the standard works and contain 31% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 60:36-61:2 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:20-23 (5 in 4 verses)

Acts 22:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 3:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 47:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 43:44 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 23:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 24:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:31-27:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 19:47-20:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 11:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 25:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 7:28-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 38:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 172 56 228
Gen. 14 3 17
Ex. 0 4 4
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 13 0 13
Deut. 2 1 3
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 4 6
2 Sam. 6 1 7
1 Kgs. 4 2 6
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 54 0 54
2 Chr. 16 1 17
Ezra 17 0 17
Neh. 13 1 14
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 3 15 18
Prov. 2 11 13
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 2 2 4
Jer. 5 0 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 5 9
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 111 8 119
BM 94 7 101
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 377 71 448

1 Kgs. 11:25
And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

1 Kgs. 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.