Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'judge' occurs 331 times in the standard works.

138 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'judge' in the standard works and contain 41.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 55 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:14-18 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 5:12-6:5 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 11:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 64:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 2:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:57-58 (3 in 2 verses)

John 8:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

John 12:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:72-74 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:74-76 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 96:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 98:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Ne. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

 21:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.




Mosiah 26:11-12 (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 51:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 124 89 213
NT 67 51 118
BM 114 198 312
1 Ne. 3 5 8
2 Ne. 11 5 16
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 18 24 42
Alma 41 96 137
Hel. 18 45 63
3 Ne. 9 14 23
Morm. 1 7 8
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 11 1 12
DC 23 14 37
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 331 353 684

2 Ne. 2:10
And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him, to be judged of him according to the truth and holiness which is in him. Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of the happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement--

2 Ne. 8:5
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

2 Ne. 9:15
And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.

2 Ne. 9:44
O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.

2 Ne. 12:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks-- nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2 Ne. 13:2
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;

2 Ne. 13:13
The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

2 Ne. 15:3
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

2 Ne. 21:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

2 Ne. 21:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

2 Ne. 25:18
Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews.

2 Ne. 25:22
Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged of them according to the words which are written.

2 Ne. 28:23
Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

2 Ne. 29:11
For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.

2 Ne. 30:9
And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

2 Ne. 33:11
And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye-- for Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.