Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elder' occurs 62 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elder' in the standard works and contain 22.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:84-21:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 119 130
NT 9 60 69
BM 9 9 18
1 Ne. 5 2 7
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Alma 1 3 4
Moro. 1 4 5
DC 32 86 118
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 62 274 336

Alma 4:7
Now this was the cause of much affliction to Alma, yea, and to many of the people whom Alma had consecrated to be teachers, and priests, and elders over the church; yea, many of them were sorely grieved for the wickedness which they saw had begun to be among their people.

Alma 4:16
And he selected a wise man who was among the elders of the church, and gave him power according to the voice of the people, that he might have power to enact laws according to the laws which had been given, and to put them in force according to the wickedness and the crimes of the people.

Alma 6:1
And now it came to pass that after Alma had made an end of speaking unto the people of the church, which was established in the city of Zarahemla, he ordained priests and elders, by laying on his hands according to the order of God, to preside and watch over the church.