Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elders' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elders' in the standard works and contain 23.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:63-70 (8 in 8 verses)

Judg. 11:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 22:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 77:5 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:81-82 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 25:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:89 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 108:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)


Deut. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

 21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.




1 Kgs. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:16-58:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:139-140 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 0 119
NT 60 0 60
BM 9 0 9
DC 86 0 86
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 274 0 274

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