Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lead' occurs 110 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lead' in the standard works and contain 8.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 39:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 205 252
NT 13 10 23
BM 38 88 126
DC 10 13 23
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 110 316 426

D&C 10:22
Satan stirreth them up, that he may lead their souls to destruction.

D&C 10:26
And thus he flattereth them, and leadeth them along until he draggeth their souls down to hell; and thus he causeth them to catch themselves in their own snare.

D&C 11:12
And now, verily, verily, I say unto thee, put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good-- yea, to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge righteously; and this is my Spirit.

D&C 20:44
And to take the lead of all meetings.

D&C 20:49
And he is to take the lead of meetings when there is no elder present;

D&C 20:56
And he is to take the lead of meetings in the absence of the elder or priest--

D&C 38:4
I am the same which have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom; and verily, I say, even as many as have believed in my name, for I am Christ, and in mine own name, by the virtue of the blood which I have spilt, have I pleaded before the Father for them.

D&C 38:33
And from thence, whosoever I will shall go forth among all nations, and it shall be told them what they shall do; for I have a great work laid up in store, for Israel shall be saved, and I will lead them whithersoever I will, and no power shall stay my hand.

D&C 45:3
Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him--

D&C 54:7
Wherefore, go to now and flee the land, lest your enemies come upon you; and take your journey, and appoint whom you will to be your leader, and to pay moneys for you.

D&C 78:18
And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.

D&C 90:36
But verily I say unto you, that I, the Lord, will contend with Zion, and plead with her strong ones, and chasten her until she overcomes and is clean before me.

D&C 102:20
But should the remaining councilors, who have not spoken, or any one of them, after hearing the evidences and pleadings impartially, discover an error in the decision of the president, they can manifest it, and the case shall have a re-hearing.

D&C 103:16
Therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel.

D&C 105:7
I speak not concerning those who are appointed to lead my people, who are the first elders of my church, for they are not all under this condemnation;

D&C 109:32
Therefore we plead before thee for a full and complete deliverance from under this yoke;

D&C 110:11
After this vision closed, the heavens were again opened unto us; and Moses appeared before us, and committed unto us the keys of the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north.

D&C 112:10
Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers.

D&C 112:30
For unto you, the Twelve, and those, the First Presidency, who are appointed with you to be your counselors and your leaders, is the power of this priesthood given, for the last days and for the last time, in the which is the dispensation of the fulness of times,

D&C 124:45
And if my people will hearken unto my voice, and unto the voice of my servants whom I have appointed to lead my people, behold, verily I say unto you, they shall not be moved out of their place.

D&C 124:75
And let him lift up his voice long and loud, in the midst of the people, to plead the cause of the poor and the needy; and let him not fail, neither let his heart faint; and I will accept of his offerings, for they shall not be unto me as the offerings of Cain, for he shall be mine, saith the Lord.

D&C 132:22
For strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leadeth unto the exaltation and continuation of the lives, and few there be that find it, because ye receive me not in the world neither do ye know me.

D&C 132:25
Broad is the gate, and wide the way that leadeth to the deaths; and many there are that go in thereat, because they receive me not, neither do they abide in my law.