Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kings' occurs 378 times in the standard works.

114 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kings' in the standard works and contain 30.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 48 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 25:14-26 (13 in 13 verses)

Josh. 10:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 29:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Ps. 72:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 31:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 9:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 9:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 43:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 17:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 31:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 5:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 10:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 11:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:19-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 13:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 136:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 25:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 301 1 302
NT 33 2 35
BM 35 7 42
1 Ne. 5 1 6
2 Ne. 7 1 8
Jacob 4 1 5
Jarom 2 0 2
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 1 1 2
Mosiah 9 0 9
Alma 3 1 4
3 Ne. 3 1 4
Moro. 0 1 1
DC 8 1 9
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 378 11 389

1 Ne. 9:4
Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people; wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry; and the other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings and the wars and contentions of my people.

1 Ne. 19:12
And all these things must surely come, saith the prophet Zenos. And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of the groanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the sea shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God of nature suffers.

1 Ne. 19:20
For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also.

1 Ne. 21:7
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

1 Ne. 21:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

2 Ne. 1:6
Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.

2 Ne. 6:7
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

2 Ne. 10:9
Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

2 Ne. 10:11
And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

2 Ne. 17:16
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

2 Ne. 20:8
For he saith: Are not my princes altogether kings?

2 Ne. 24:9
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

2 Ne. 24:18
All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory, every one of them in his own house.

Jacob 1:9
Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die; wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his people now, according to the reigns of the kings.

Jacob 1:11
Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people, second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the people, let them be of whatever name they would.

Jacob 1:14
But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by these names, but I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy the people of Nephi, and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall call Nephites, or the people of Nephi, according to the reigns of the kings.

Jacob 3:13
And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates; but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates, and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.

Jacob 4:15
And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might build and have safe foundation.

Jarom 1:7
And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the Nephites, to battle. But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in the faith of the Lord; and they taught the people the ways of the Lord; wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites and swept them away out of our lands, and began to fortify our cities, or whatsoever place of our inheritance.

Jarom 1:14
And I, Jarom, do not write more, for the plates are small. But behold, my brethren, ye can go to the other plates of Nephi; for behold, upon them the records of our wars are engraven, according to the writings of the kings, or those which they caused to be written.

Omni 1:11
And behold, the record of this people is engraven upon plates which is had by the kings, according to the generations; and I know of no revelation save that which has been written, neither prophecy; wherefore, that which is sufficient is written. And I make an end.

W of M 1:7
And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.

W of M 1:10
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from generation to generation until the days of king Benjamin.

Mosiah 23:8
Nevertheless, if it were possible that ye could always have just men to be your kings it would be well for you to have a king.

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 29:13
Therefore, if it were possible that you could have just men to be your kings, who would establish the laws of God, and judge this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings who would do even as my father Benjamin did for this people-- I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you.

Mosiah 29:16
Now I say unto you, that because all men are not just it is not expedient that ye should have a king or kings to rule over you.

Mosiah 29:31
For behold I say unto you, the sins of many people have been caused by the iniquities of their kings; therefore their iniquities are answered upon the heads of their kings.

Mosiah 29:47
And thus ended the reign of the kings over the people of Nephi; and thus ended the days of Alma, who was the founder of their church.

Alma 18:13
And one of the king's servants said unto him, Rabbanah, which is, being interpreted, powerful or great king, considering their kings to be powerful; and thus he said unto him: Rabbanah, the king desireth thee to stay.

Alma 39:10
And I command you to take it upon you to counsel with your elder brothers in your undertakings; for behold, thou art in thy youth, and ye stand in need to be nourished by your brothers. And give heed to their counsel.

Alma 51:8
Now those who were in favor of kings were those of high birth, and they sought to be kings; and they were supported by those who sought power and authority over the people.

3 Ne. 6:30
And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their country; and they did covenant one with another to destroy the governor, and to establish a king over the land, that the land should no more be at liberty but should be subject unto kings.

3 Ne. 8:19
And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease-- for behold, they did last for about the space of three hours; and it was said by some that the time was greater; nevertheless, all these great and terrible things were done in about the space of three hours-- and then behold, there was darkness upon the face of the land.

3 Ne. 20:45
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him, for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

3 Ne. 21:8
And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings shall shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Moro. 6:9
And their meetings were conducted by the church after the manner of the workings of the Spirit, and by the power of the Holy Ghost; for as the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to preach, or to exhort, or to pray, or to supplicate, or to sing, even so it was done.