Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pastors' occurs 10 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pastors' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

 23:2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 7 0 7
NT 1 0 1
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 10 0 10

Jer. 2:8
The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Jer. 3:15
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jer. 10:21
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

Jer. 12:10
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Jer. 22:22
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

Jer. 23:1
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:2
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

Eph. 4:11
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

1 Ne. 21:1
And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel. Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

A of F 1:6
We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.