Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preacher' occurs 13 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preacher' in the standard works and contain 38.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 12:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.





Eccl. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 0 7
NT 4 0 4
BM 1 1 2
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 13 3 16

Eccl. 1:1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Eccl. 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Eccl. 1:12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Eccl. 7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

Eccl. 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Eccl. 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Eccl. 12:10
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

Rom. 10:14
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

1 Tim. 2:7
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

2 Tim. 1:11
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

2 Pet. 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

W of M 1:16
And after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people--

Alma 1:26
And when the priests left their labor to impart the word of God unto the people, the people also left their labors to hear the word of God. And when the priest had imparted unto them the word of God they all returned again diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not esteeming himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man according to his strength.

D&C 21:12
And the first preacher of this church unto the church, and before the world, yea, before the Gentiles; yea, and thus saith the Lord God, lo, lo! to the Jews also. Amen.

Moses 6:23
And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake and prophesied, and called upon all men, everywhere, to repent; and faith was taught unto the children of men.

JS-H 1:21
Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision which I had had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.