Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bishop' occurs 69 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bishop' in the standard works and contain 46.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 72:13-20 (9 in 8 verses)

D&C 42:71-73 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 51:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:68-69 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 72:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 72:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:104 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Tim. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 4 2 6
Acts 0 1 1
Philip. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 0 0 0
DC 65 12 77
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 69 14 83

1 Tim. 3:1
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

1 Tim. 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;