Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'authority' occurs 117 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'authority' in the standard works and contain 28.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 21:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 0 2
NT 35 0 35
BM 47 0 47
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 2 0 2
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 12 0 12
Alma 16 0 16
Hel. 6 0 6
3 Ne. 4 0 4
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 2 0 2
DC 32 0 32
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 117 0 117

4 Ne. 1:30
Therefore they did exercise power and authority over the disciples of Jesus who did tarry with them, and they did cast them into prison; but by the power of the word of God, which was in them, the prisons were rent in twain, and they went forth doing mighty miracles among them.