Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'appoint' occurs 87 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'appoint' in the standard works and contain 18.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 21:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 49:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 37 111 148
NT 4 23 27
BM 11 66 77
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 3 9 12
Alma 4 44 48
Hel. 1 4 5
3 Ne. 3 6 9
Morm. 0 1 1
DC 34 185 219
PGP 1 5 6
TOTAL 87 390 477

Mosiah 29:11
Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days; nevertheless, let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to our law; and we will newly arrange the affairs of this people, for we will appoint wise men to be judges, that will judge this people according to the commandments of God.

Mosiah 29:41
And it came to pass that they did appoint judges to rule over them, or to judge them according to the law; and this they did throughout all the land.

Alma 45:22
Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth to establish the church again in all the land, yea, in every city throughout all the land which was possessed by the people of Nephi. And it came to pass that they did appoint priests and teachers throughout all the land, over all the churches.

Alma 47:17
Now it was the custom among the Lamanites, if their chief leader was killed, to appoint the second leader to be their chief leader.

Alma 48:1
And now it came to pass that, as soon as Amalickiah had obtained the kingdom he began to inspire the hearts of the Lamanites against the people of Nephi; yea, he did appoint men to speak unto the Lamanites from their towers, against the Nephites.

Alma 48:5
And thus he did appoint chief captains of the Zoramites, they being the most acquainted with the strength of the Nephites, and their places of resort, and the weakest parts of their cities; therefore he appointed them to be chief captains over his armies.

Hel. 1:17
Therefore he did stir them up to anger, and he did gather together his armies, and he did appoint Coriantumr to be their leader, and did cause that they should march down to the land of Zarahemla to battle against the Nephites.

3 Ne. 3:17
And it came to pass that Lachoneus did appoint chief captains over all the armies of the Nephites, to command them at the time that the robbers should come down out of the wilderness against them.

3 Ne. 3:19
Now it was the custom among all the Nephites to appoint for their chief captains, (save it were in their times of wickedness) some one that had the spirit of revelation and also prophecy; therefore, this Gidgiddoni was a great prophet among them, as also was the chief judge.

3 Ne. 7:3
And every tribe did appoint a chief or a leader over them; and thus they became tribes and leaders of tribes.