Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ruler' occurs 117 times in the standard works.

28 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ruler' in the standard works and contain 23.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Neh. 3:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 51:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:35 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 63 57 120
NT 23 21 44
BM 20 7 27
1 Ne. 5 1 6
2 Ne. 5 2 7
Jacob 1 0 1
Mosiah 7 0 7
Alma 2 4 6
DC 9 8 17
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 117 95 212

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.

2 Ne. 24:5
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the rulers.

2 Ne. 27:5
For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of your iniquity.

Alma 2:14
And it came to pass that Amlici did arm his men with all manner of weapons of war of every kind; and he also appointed rulers and leaders over his people, to lead them to war against their brethren.

Alma 25:7
And it came to pass that those rulers who were the remnant of the children of Amulon caused that they should be put to death, yea, all those that believed in these things.

Alma 35:5
Now their rulers and their priests and their teachers did not let the people know concerning their desires; therefore they found out privily the minds of all the people.

Alma 46:5
And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah, that if they would support him and establish him to be their king that he would make them rulers over the people.