Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'priests' occurs 523 times in the standard works.

163 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'priests' in the standard works and contain 31.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 74 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 6:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Chr. 35:8-14 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 22:17-21 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 26:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 102:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 4:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 5:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 13:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 29:34 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 26:7 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:27-31:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 31:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 31:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Hag. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:33 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 12:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:23 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:111 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 2:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:72-73 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 10:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 42:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 46:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 3:4-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:56-57 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 318 0 318
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 3 0 3
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 29 0 29
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 12 0 12
2 Sam. 6 0 6
1 Kgs. 11 0 11
2 Kgs. 20 0 20
1 Chr. 15 0 15
2 Chr. 69 0 69
Ezra 26 0 26
Neh. 34 0 34
Ps. 4 0 4
Isa. 3 0 3
Jer. 25 0 25
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 17 0 17
Hosea 3 0 3
Joel 3 0 3
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Hag. 3 0 3
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 83 0 83
BM 79 0 79
DC 41 0 41
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 523 0 523

Isa. 37:2
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Isa. 61:6
But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Isa. 66:21
And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.