Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seat' occurs 120 times in the standard works.

46 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seat' in the standard works and contain 38.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 25:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Lev. 16:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Hel. 2:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 37:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 2:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 8:27-9:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 18:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 44 2 46
NT 14 12 26
BM 56 3 59
DC 6 1 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 120 18 138

Ex. 37:9
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

Deut. 33:21
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

Matt. 21:12
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

Matt. 23:6
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Mark 11:15
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

Mark 12:39
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Luke 1:52
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

Luke 11:43
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

Heb. 9:5
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Rev. 4:4
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Rev. 11:16
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

Mosiah 11:11
And the seats which were set apart for the high priests, which were above all the other seats, he did ornament with pure gold; and he caused a breastwork to be built before them, that they might rest their bodies and their arms upon while they should speak lying and vain words to his people.

Hel. 7:4
And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and those Gadianton robbers filling the judgment-seats-- having usurped the power and authority of the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright before him; doing no justice unto the children of men;

D&C 137:3
Also the blazing throne of God, whereon was seated the Father and the Son.