Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'president' occurs 31 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'president' in the standard works and contain 48.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:85-89 (5 in 5 verses)

 107:85 And again, verily I say unto you, the duty of a president over the office of a deacon is to preside over twelve deacons, to sit in council with them, and to teach them their duty, edifying one another, as it is given according to the covenants.

 107:86 And also the duty of the president over the office of the teachers is to preside over twenty-four of the teachers, and to sit in council with them, teaching them the duties of their office, as given in the covenants.

 107:87 Also the duty of the president over the Priesthood of Aaron is to preside over forty-eight priests, and sit in council with them, to teach them the duties of their office, as is given in the covenants--

 107:88 This president is to be a bishop; for this is one of the duties of this priesthood.

 107:89 Again, the duty of the president over the office of elders is to preside over ninety-six elders, and to sit in council with them, and to teach them according to the covenants.




D&C 124:142 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:88-89 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 5 5
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 31 18 49
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 31 24 55

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