Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'government' occurs 38 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 'government' in the standard works and contain 42.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 0 3
NT 1 1 2
BM 25 1 26
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Alma 12 0 12
Hel. 4 1 5
3 Ne. 7 0 7
DC 7 7 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 38 9 47

Hel. 1:18
And it came to pass that because of so much contention and so much difficulty in the government, that they had not kept sufficient guards in the land of Zarahemla; for they had supposed that the Lamanites durst not come into the heart of their lands to attack that great city Zarahemla.

Hel. 3:23
And it came to pass in the forty and ninth year of the reign of the judges, there was continual peace established in the land, all save it were the secret combinations which Gadianton the robber had established in the more settled parts of the land, which at that time were not known unto those who were at the head of government; therefore they were not destroyed out of the land.

Hel. 5:2
For as their laws and their governments were established by the voice of the people, and they who chose evil were more numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were ripening for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted.

Hel. 6:39
And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government, insomuch that they did trample under their feet and smite and rend and turn their backs upon the poor and the meek, and the humble followers of God.

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--