Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'authority' occurs 117 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'authority' in the standard works and contain 28.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 21:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 60:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 0 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 0 1
NT 35 0 35
BM 47 0 47
DC 32 0 32
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 117 0 117

Esth. 9:29
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

Prov. 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.