Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'charge' occurs 121 times in the standard works.

40 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'charge' in the standard works and contain 33.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 18 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 18:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 23:32 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 44:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Chr. 9:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

 9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.




Song. 5:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 84 58 142
Gen. 2 4 6
Ex. 2 2 4
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 32 14 46
Deut. 5 3 8
Josh. 1 2 3
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 2 4 6
1 Kgs. 3 4 7
2 Kgs. 1 2 3
1 Chr. 6 2 8
2 Chr. 2 6 8
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 2 2 4
Esth. 2 2 4
Job 1 2 3
Ps. 2 0 2
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 5 0 5
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 2 5
Ezek. 10 0 10
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 18 30 48
BM 10 1 11
DC 7 2 9
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 121 92 213

1 Chr. 9:27
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

1 Chr. 9:28
And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

1 Chr. 22:6
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chr. 22:12
Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

1 Chr. 22:13
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

1 Chr. 23:32
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.