Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'government' occurs 38 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'government' in the standard works and contain 42.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 19:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)


Alma 51:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 51:5 And it came to pass that those who were desirous that Pahoran should be dethroned from the judgment-seat were called king-men, for they were desirous that the law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the free government and to establish a king over the land.

 51:6 And those who were desirous that Pahoran should remain chief judge over the land took upon them the name of freemen; and thus was the division among them, for the freemen had sworn or covenanted to maintain their rights and the privileges of their religion by a free government.




Alma 54:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 3 0 3
NT 1 1 2
BM 25 1 26
DC 7 7 14
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 38 9 47

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