Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'chosen' occurs 201 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'chosen' in the standard works and contain 20.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 58:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 93 0 93
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 9 0 9
2 Chr. 13 0 13
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 13 0 13
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 5 0 5
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 30 0 30
BM 38 0 38
DC 34 0 34
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 201 0 201

1 Sam. 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

1 Sam. 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

1 Sam. 12:13
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

1 Sam. 16:8
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Sam. 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Sam. 16:10
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

1 Sam. 20:30
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

1 Sam. 24:2
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

1 Sam. 26:2
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.