Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'appointed' occurs 361 times in the standard works.

100 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'appointed' in the standard works and contain 27.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 43 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 40:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 102:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 101:20 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 70:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 12:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 48:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 47:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:88 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:91 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


Mosiah 29:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 29:7 And now if there should be another appointed in his stead, behold I fear there would rise contentions among you. And who knoweth but what my son, to whom the kingdom doth belong, should turn to be angry and draw away a part of this people after him, which would cause wars and contentions among you, which would be the cause of shedding much blood and perverting the way of the Lord, yea, and destroy the souls of many people.

 29:8 Now I say unto you let us be wise and consider these things, for we have no right to destroy my son, neither should we have any right to destroy another if he should be appointed in his stead.




Alma 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 41:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 85:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:96-97 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:67-68 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 103 1 104
NT 23 0 23
BM 60 4 64
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 39 3 42
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 5 1 6
Morm. 1 0 1
DC 172 1 173
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 361 6 367

Mosiah 2:4
And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.

Mosiah 3:14
Yet the Lord God saw that his people were a stiffnecked people, and he appointed unto them a law, even the law of Moses.

Mosiah 6:3
And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses.

Mosiah 24:1
And it came to pass that Amulon did gain favor in the eyes of the king of the Lamanites; therefore, the king of the Lamanites granted unto him and his brethren that they should be appointed teachers over his people, yea, even over the people who were in the land of Shemlon, and in the land of Shilom, and in the land of Amulon.

Mosiah 24:2
For the Lamanites had taken possession of all these lands; therefore, the king of the Lamanites had appointed kings over all these lands.

Mosiah 24:4
And he appointed teachers of the brethren of Amulon in every land which was possessed by his people; and thus the language of Nephi began to be taught among all the people of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 29:7
And now if there should be another appointed in his stead, behold I fear there would rise contentions among you. And who knoweth but what my son, to whom the kingdom doth belong, should turn to be angry and draw away a part of this people after him, which would cause wars and contentions among you, which would be the cause of shedding much blood and perverting the way of the Lord, yea, and destroy the souls of many people.

Mosiah 29:8
Now I say unto you let us be wise and consider these things, for we have no right to destroy my son, neither should we have any right to destroy another if he should be appointed in his stead.

Mosiah 29:42
And it came to pass that Alma was appointed to be the first chief judge, he being also the high priest, his father having conferred the office upon him, and having given him the charge concerning all the affairs of the church.