Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'matters' occurs 29 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'matters' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 19:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 9:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 0 17
NT 6 0 6
BM 2 0 2
DC 4 0 4
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 29 0 29

D&C 30:7
And none have I appointed to be his counselor over him in the church, concerning church matters, except it is his brother, Joseph Smith, Jun.

D&C 102:28
This council of high priests abroad is only to be called on the most difficult cases of church matters; and no common or ordinary case is to be sufficient to call such council.

D&C 107:80
And after this decision it shall be had in remembrance no more before the Lord; for this is the highest council of the church of God, and a final decision upon controversies in spiritual matters.

D&C 117:8
Is there not room enough on the mountains of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and on the plains of Olaha Shinehah, or the land where Adam dwelt, that you should covet that which is but the drop, and neglect the more weighty matters?