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

Mosiah 13:6
And he spake with power and authority from God; and he continued his words, saying:

Mosiah 18:13
And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world.

Mosiah 18:17
And they were called the church of God, or the church of Christ, from that time forward. And it came to pass that whosoever was baptized by the power and authority of God was added to his church.

Mosiah 18:18
And it came to pass that Alma, having authority from God, ordained priests; even one priest to every fifty of their number did he ordain to preach unto them, and to teach them concerning the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Mosiah 18:26
And the priests were not to depend upon the people for their support; but for their labor they were to receive the grace of God, that they might wax strong in the Spirit, having the knowledge of God, that they might teach with power and authority from God.

Mosiah 21:3
Now they durst not slay them, because of the oath which their king had made unto Limhi; but they would smite them on their cheeks, and exercise authority over them; and began to put heavy burdens upon their backs, and drive them as they would a dumb ass--

Mosiah 21:33
And it came to pass that king Limhi and many of his people were desirous to be baptized; but there was none in the land that had authority from God. And Ammon declined doing this thing, considering himself an unworthy servant.

Mosiah 23:17
And it came to pass that none received authority to preach or to teach except it were by him from God. Therefore he consecrated all their priests and all their teachers; and none were consecrated except they were just men.

Mosiah 24:8
And now it came to pass that Amulon began to exercise authority over Alma and his brethren, and began to persecute him, and cause that his children should persecute their children.

Mosiah 24:9
For Amulon knew Alma, that he had been one of the king's priests, and that it was he that believed the words of Abinadi and was driven out before the king, and therefore he was wroth with him; for he was subject to king Laman, yet he exercised authority over them, and put tasks upon them, and put task-masters over them.

Mosiah 26:8
Now king Mosiah had given Alma the authority over the church.

Mosiah 27:14
And again, the angel said: Behold, the Lord hath heard the prayers of his people, and also the prayers of his servant, Alma, who is thy father; for he has prayed with much faith concerning thee that thou mightest be brought to the knowledge of the truth; therefore, for this purpose have I come to convince thee of the power and authority of God, that the prayers of his servants might be answered according to their faith.