Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'standing' occurs 89 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'standing' in the standard works and contain 15.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:134-137 (4 in 4 verses)

 124:134 Which ordinance is instituted for the purpose of qualifying those who shall be appointed standing presidents or servants over different stakes scattered abroad;

 124:135 And they may travel also if they choose, but rather be ordained for standing presidents; this is the office of their calling, saith the Lord your God.

 124:136 I give unto him Amasa Lyman and Noah Packard for counselors, that they may preside over the quorum of high priests of my church, saith the Lord.

 124:137 And again, I say unto you, I give unto you John A. Hicks, Samuel Williams, and Jesse Baker, which priesthood is to preside over the quorum of elders, which quorum is instituted for standing ministers; nevertheless they may travel, yet they are ordained to be standing ministers to my church, saith the Lord.




Deut. 23:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 159 187
NT 27 37 64
BM 10 88 98
DC 17 30 47
PGP 7 5 12
TOTAL 89 319 408

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