Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'chose' occurs 39 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'chose' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Morm. 3:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

 3:18 Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea, unto you, twelve tribes of Israel, who shall be judged according to your works by the twelve whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.

 3:19 And I write also unto the remnant of this people, who shall also be judged by the twelve whom Jesus chose in this land; and they shall be judged by the other twelve whom Jesus chose in the land of Jerusalem.




1 Kgs. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 6:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 5:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 78:67-68 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 93 117
NT 5 30 35
BM 9 38 47
1 Ne. 0 5 5
2 Ne. 0 1 1
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 0 2 2
Alma 1 10 11
Hel. 2 2 4
3 Ne. 0 14 14
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 3 0 3
Ether 2 1 3
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 0 34 34
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 39 201 240

Morm. 3:18
Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea, unto you, twelve tribes of Israel, who shall be judged according to your works by the twelve whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.

Morm. 3:19
And I write also unto the remnant of this people, who shall also be judged by the twelve whom Jesus chose in this land; and they shall be judged by the other twelve whom Jesus chose in the land of Jerusalem.