Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'judge' occurs 331 times in the standard works.

138 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'judge' in the standard works and contain 41.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 55 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moro. 7:14-18 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 5:12-6:5 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 11:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 64:37-40 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 2:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:57-58 (3 in 2 verses)

John 8:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

John 12:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)


Hel. 9:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:2 Behold, now we will know of a surety whether this man be a prophet and God hath commanded him to prophesy such marvelous things unto us. Behold, we do not believe that he hath; yea, we do not believe that he is a prophet; nevertheless, if this thing which he has said concerning the chief judge be true, that he be dead, then will we believe that the other words which he has spoken are true.

 9:3 And it came to pass that they ran in their might, and came in unto the judgment-seat; and behold, the chief judge had fallen to the earth, and did lie in his blood.

 9:4 And now behold, when they saw this they were astonished exceedingly, insomuch that they fell to the earth; for they had not believed the words which Nephi had spoken concerning the chief judge.




Hel. 9:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:72-74 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:74-76 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 24:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 96:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 98:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 20:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 11:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 11:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 51:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 14:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 124 89 213
NT 67 51 118
BM 114 198 312
1 Ne. 3 5 8
2 Ne. 11 5 16
W of M 0 1 1
Mosiah 18 24 42
Alma 41 96 137
Hel. 18 45 63
3 Ne. 9 14 23
Morm. 1 7 8
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 11 1 12
DC 23 14 37
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 331 353 684

Hel. 1:1
And now behold, it came to pass in the commencement of the fortieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there began to be a serious difficulty among the people of the Nephites.

Hel. 1:5
Nevertheless, it came to pass that Pahoran was appointed by the voice of the people to be chief judge and a governor over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 1:13
And now behold, Pacumeni was appointed, according to the voice of the people, to be a chief judge and a governor over the people, to reign in the stead of his brother Pahoran; and it was according to his right. And all this was done in the fortieth year of the reign of the judges; and it had an end.

Hel. 1:14
And it came to pass in the forty and first year of the reign of the judges, that the Lamanites had gathered together an innumerable army of men, and armed them with swords, and with cimeters and with bows, and with arrows, and with head-plates, and with breastplates, and with all manner of shields of every kind.

Hel. 1:21
And it came to pass that Pacumeni, who was the chief judge, did flee before Coriantumr, even to the walls of the city. And it came to pass that Coriantumr did smite him against the wall, insomuch that he died. And thus ended the days of Pacumeni.

Hel. 1:34
And thus ended the forty and first year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 2:1
And it came to pass in the forty and second year of the reign of the judges, after Moronihah had established again peace between the Nephites and the Lamanites, behold there was no one to fill the judgment-seat; therefore there began to be a contention again among the people concerning who should fill the judgment-seat.

Hel. 2:12
And more of this Gadianton shall be spoken hereafter. And thus ended the forty and second year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 3:1
And now it came to pass in the forty and third year of the reign of the judges, there was no contention among the people of Nephi save it were a little pride which was in the church, which did cause some little dissensions among the people, which affairs were settled in the ending of the forty and third year.

Hel. 3:18
The forty and sixth year of the reign of the judges ended;

Hel. 3:22
And it came to pass that the wars and contentions began to cease, in a small degree, among the people of the Nephites, in the latter end of the forty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 3:23
And it came to pass in the forty and ninth year of the reign of the judges, there was continual peace established in the land, all save it were the secret combinations which Gadianton the robber had established in the more settled parts of the land, which at that time were not known unto those who were at the head of government; therefore they were not destroyed out of the land.

Hel. 3:32
And it came to pass that there was peace and exceedingly great joy in the remainder of the forty and ninth year; yea, and also there was continual peace and great joy in the fiftieth year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 3:33
And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the judges there was peace also, save it were the pride which began to enter into the church-- not into the church of God, but into the hearts of the people who professed to belong to the church of God--

Hel. 3:37
And it came to pass in the fifty and third year of the reign of the judges, Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi began to reign in his stead. And it came to pass that he did fill the judgment-seat with justice and equity; yea, he did keep the commandments of God, and did walk in the ways of his father.

Hel. 4:4
But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites; and they were all that year preparing for war.

Hel. 4:5
And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down against the Nephites to battle, and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla; yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.

Hel. 4:8
And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites which was in the land southward. And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 4:9
And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges, Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.

Hel. 4:10
And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges they succeeded in regaining even the half of all their possessions.

Hel. 4:17
And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 4:18
And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the Lamanites.

Hel. 6:1
And it came to pass that when the sixty and second year of the reign of the judges had ended, all these things had happened and the Lamanites had become, the more part of them, a righteous people, insomuch that their righteousness did exceed that of the Nephites, because of their firmness and their steadiness in the faith.

Hel. 6:15
And it came to pass that in the sixty and sixth year of the reign of the judges, behold, Cezoram was murdered by an unknown hand as he sat upon the judgment-seat. And it came to pass that in the same year, that his son, who had been appointed by the people in his stead, was also murdered. And thus ended the sixty and sixth year.

Hel. 6:19
And it was they who did murder the chief judge Cezoram, and his son, while in the judgment-seat; and behold, they were not found.

Hel. 6:32
And it came to pass that all these iniquities did come unto them in the space of not many years, insomuch that a more part of it had come unto them in the sixty and seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 6:41
And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 7:1
Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward.

Hel. 8:1
And now it came to pass that when Nephi had said these words, behold, there were men who were judges, who also belonged to the secret band of Gadianton, and they were angry, and they cried out against him, saying unto the people: Why do ye not seize upon this man and bring him forth, that he may be condemned according to the crime which he has done?

Hel. 8:4
And those judges were angry with him because he spake plainly unto them concerning their secret works of darkness; nevertheless, they durst not lay their own hands upon him, for they feared the people lest they should cry out against them.

Hel. 8:27
Yea, behold it is now even at your doors; yea, go ye in unto the judgment-seat, and search; and behold, your judge is murdered, and he lieth in his blood; and he hath been murdered by his brother, who seeketh to sit in the judgment-seat.

Hel. 9:2
Behold, now we will know of a surety whether this man be a prophet and God hath commanded him to prophesy such marvelous things unto us. Behold, we do not believe that he hath; yea, we do not believe that he is a prophet; nevertheless, if this thing which he has said concerning the chief judge be true, that he be dead, then will we believe that the other words which he has spoken are true.

Hel. 9:3
And it came to pass that they ran in their might, and came in unto the judgment-seat; and behold, the chief judge had fallen to the earth, and did lie in his blood.

Hel. 9:4
And now behold, when they saw this they were astonished exceedingly, insomuch that they fell to the earth; for they had not believed the words which Nephi had spoken concerning the chief judge.

Hel. 9:6
Now, immediately when the judge had been murdered-- he being stabbed by his brother by a garb of secrecy, and he fled, and the servants ran and told the people, raising the cry of murder among them;

Hel. 9:8
And now behold, the people knew nothing concerning the multitude who had gathered together at the garden of Nephi; therefore they said among themselves: These men are they who have murdered the judge, and God has smitten them that they could not flee from us.

Hel. 9:9
And it came to pass that they laid hold on them, and bound them and cast them into prison. And there was a proclamation sent abroad that the judge was slain, and that the murderers had been taken and were cast into prison.

Hel. 9:10
And it came to pass that on the morrow the people did assemble themselves together to mourn and to fast, at the burial of the great chief judge who had been slain.

Hel. 9:11
And thus also those judges who were at the garden of Nephi, and heard his words, were also gathered together at the burial.

Hel. 9:12
And it came to pass that they inquired among the people, saying: Where are the five who were sent to inquire concerning the chief judge whether he was dead? And they answered and said: Concerning this five whom ye say ye have sent, we know not; but there are five who are the murderers, whom we have cast into prison.

Hel. 9:13
And it came to pass that the judges desired that they should be brought; and they were brought, and behold they were the five who were sent; and behold the judges inquired of them to know concerning the matter, and they told them all that they had done, saying:

Hel. 9:16
And now it came to pass that the judges did expound the matter unto the people, and did cry out against Nephi, saying: Behold, we know that this Nephi must have agreed with some one to slay the judge, and then he might declare it unto us, that he might convert us unto his faith, that he might raise himself to be a great man, chosen of God, and a prophet.

Hel. 9:17
And now behold, we will detect this man, and he shall confess his fault and make known unto us the true murderer of this judge.

Hel. 9:18
And it came to pass that the five were liberated on the day of the burial. Nevertheless, they did rebuke the judges in the words which they had spoken against Nephi, and did contend with them one by one, insomuch that they did confound them.

Hel. 9:23
Behold ye say that I have agreed with a man that he should murder Seezoram, our chief judge. But behold, I say unto you, that this is because I have testified unto you that ye might know concerning this thing; yea, even for a witness unto you, that I did know of the wickedness and abominations which are among you.

Hel. 9:41
And there were others who said: Behold, he is a god, for except he was a god he could not know of all things. For behold, he has told us the thoughts of our hearts, and also has told us things; and even he has brought unto our knowledge the true murderer of our chief judge.

Hel. 10:13
Now behold, notwithstanding that great miracle which Nephi had done in telling them concerning the death of the chief judge, they did harden their hearts and did not hearken unto the words of the Lord.

Hel. 10:19
And thus ended the seventy and first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 11:1
And now it came to pass in the seventy and second year of the reign of the judges that the contentions did increase, insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land among all the people of Nephi.

Hel. 11:8
And the people began to plead with their chief judges and their leaders, that they would say unto Nephi: Behold, we know that thou art a man of God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our God that he turn away from us this famine, lest all the words which thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.

Hel. 11:9
And it came to pass that the judges did say unto Nephi, according to the words which had been desired. And it came to pass that when Nephi saw that the people had repented and did humble themselves in sackcloth, he cried again unto the Lord, saying:

Hel. 11:24
And it came to pass that in the eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there were a certain number of the dissenters from the people of Nephi, who had some years before gone over unto the Lamanites, and taken upon themselves the name of Lamanites, and also a certain number who were real descendants of the Lamanites, being stirred up to anger by them, or by those dissenters, therefore they commenced a war with their brethren.

Hel. 11:29
But behold, it came to pass that in that same year they were driven back even into their own lands. And thus ended the eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 11:35
And thus ended the eighty and first year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 16:9
And thus ended the eighty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Hel. 16:10
And thus ended also the eighty and seventh year of the reign of the judges, the more part of the people remaining in their pride and wickedness, and the lesser part walking more circumspectly before God.

Hel. 16:11
And these were the conditions also, in the eighty and eighth year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 16:12
And there was but little alteration in the affairs of the people, save it were the people began to be more hardened in iniquity, and do more and more of that which was contrary to the commandments of God, in the eighty and ninth year of the reign of the judges.

Hel. 16:13
But it came to pass in the ninetieth year of the reign of the judges, there were great signs given unto the people, and wonders; and the words of the prophets began to be fulfilled.

Hel. 16:24
And thus ended the ninetieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.