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)

 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.




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
NT 83 0 83
BM 79 0 79
DC 41 0 41
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 523 0 523

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