Emphasis Scriptures

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

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ruler' in the standard works and contain 23.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 3:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 51:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)


Eccl. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:




Isa. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 57 120
Gen. 3 1 4
Ex. 1 11 12
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Judg. 1 1 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 2 1 3
2 Kgs. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 9 4 13
2 Chr. 7 2 9
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 10 11 21
Esth. 0 3 3
Ps. 3 1 4
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 3 5 8
Jer. 2 4 6
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 6 2 8
Hosea 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 23 21 44
BM 20 7 27
DC 9 8 17
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 117 95 212

Eccl. 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Eccl. 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: