Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'office' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'office' in the standard works and contain 31.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:85-89 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 107:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:68 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:75-76 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 62 100
NT 8 13 21
BM 9 4 13
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 3 3 6
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 48 23 71
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 103 102 205

Jacob 1:19
And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

Jacob 2:2
Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the responsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine office with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.

Jacob 2:3
And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.

Mosiah 29:42
And it came to pass that Alma was appointed to be the first chief judge, he being also the high priest, his father having conferred the office upon him, and having given him the charge concerning all the affairs of the church.

Alma 4:18
Now Alma did not grant unto him the office of being high priest over the church, but he retained the office of high priest unto himself; but he delivered the judgment-seat unto Nephihah.

Alma 11:2
Now if a man owed another, and he would not pay that which he did owe, he was complained of to the judge; and the judge executed authority, and sent forth officers that the man should be brought before him; and he judged the man according to the law and the evidences which were brought against him, and thus the man was compelled to pay that which he owed, or be stripped, or be cast out from among the people as a thief and a robber.

Alma 13:18
But Melchizedek having exercised mighty faith, and received the office of the high priesthood according to the holy order of God, did preach repentance unto his people. And behold, they did repent; and Melchizedek did establish peace in the land in his days; therefore he was called the prince of peace, for he was the king of Salem; and he did reign under his father.

Alma 14:17
And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek answered him nothing; and he smote them again, and delivered them to the officers to be cast into prison.

Alma 30:29
Now when the high priest and the chief judge saw the hardness of his heart, yea, when they saw that he would revile even against God, they would not make any reply to his words; but they caused that he should be bound; and they delivered him up into the hands of the officers, and sent him to the land of Zarahemla, that he might be brought before Alma, and the chief judge who was governor over all the land.

Hel. 7:5
Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills--

3 Ne. 6:11
For there were many merchants in the land, and also many lawyers, and many officers.

Moro. 7:31
And the office of their ministry is to call men unto repentance, and to fulfil and to do the work of the covenants of the Father, which he hath made unto the children of men, to prepare the way among the children of men, by declaring the word of Christ unto the chosen vessels of the Lord, that they may bear testimony of him.