Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'counsel' occurs 196 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'counsel' in the standard works and contain 15.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 17:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 10:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:84 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 46:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:40-104:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 124 47 171
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 13 4 17
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 11 2 13
Ezra 2 5 7
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 9 4 13
Ps. 17 3 20
Prov. 13 7 20
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 18 8 26
Jer. 11 1 12
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 2 6 8
Hosea 2 1 3
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 19 4 23
BM 15 9 24
DC 34 36 70
PGP 4 6 10
TOTAL 196 102 298

Micah 4:9
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Micah 4:12
But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.