Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'office' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

32 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'office' in the standard works and contain 31.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:85-89 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 107:60-62 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 4:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:68 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


Jacob 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:2 Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the responsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine office with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.

 2:3 And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.




D&C 57:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:75-76 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 62 100
NT 8 13 21
BM 9 4 13
Jacob 3 0 3
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 3 3 6
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 48 23 71
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 103 102 205

Jacob 1:19
And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

Jacob 2:2
Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the responsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine office with soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.

Jacob 2:3
And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.