Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'judges' occurs 195 times in the standard works.

89 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'judges' in the standard works and contain 45.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 29:25-29 (5 in 5 verses)

 29:25 Therefore, choose you by the voice of this people, judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws which have been given you by our fathers, which are correct, and which were given them by the hand of the Lord.

 29:26 Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law-- to do your business by the voice of the people.

 29:27 And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land.

 29:28 And now if ye have judges, and they do not judge you according to the law which has been given, ye can cause that they may be judged of a higher judge.

 29:29 If your higher judges do not judge righteous judgments, ye shall cause that a small number of your lower judges should be gathered together, and they shall judge your higher judges, according to the voice of the people.




Hel. 16:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 22:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:27-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 15:19-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:37-52:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 52:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 53:23-54:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 55:35-56:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 62:52-63:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:34-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:41-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:19-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 2 50
NT 4 6 10
BM 140 0 140
Mosiah 10 0 10
Alma 79 0 79
Hel. 45 0 45
3 Ne. 6 0 6
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 195 8 203

Mosiah 29:11
Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days; nevertheless, let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to our law; and we will newly arrange the affairs of this people, for we will appoint wise men to be judges, that will judge this people according to the commandments of God.

Mosiah 29:25
Therefore, choose you by the voice of this people, judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws which have been given you by our fathers, which are correct, and which were given them by the hand of the Lord.

Mosiah 29:28
And now if ye have judges, and they do not judge you according to the law which has been given, ye can cause that they may be judged of a higher judge.

Mosiah 29:29
If your higher judges do not judge righteous judgments, ye shall cause that a small number of your lower judges should be gathered together, and they shall judge your higher judges, according to the voice of the people.

Mosiah 29:39
Therefore, it came to pass that they assembled themselves together in bodies throughout the land, to cast in their voices concerning who should be their judges, to judge them according to the law which had been given them; and they were exceedingly rejoiced because of the liberty which had been granted unto them.

Mosiah 29:41
And it came to pass that they did appoint judges to rule over them, or to judge them according to the law; and this they did throughout all the land.

Mosiah 29:44
And thus commenced the reign of the judges throughout all the land of Zarahemla, among all the people who were called the Nephites; and Alma was the first and chief judge.