Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seer' occurs 40 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seer' in the standard works and contain 32.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 3:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 8:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 29:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 18 40
NT 0 1 1
BM 10 1 11
2 Ne. 5 1 6
Mosiah 5 0 5
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 1 3
TOTAL 40 21 61

2 Ne. 3:6
For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.

2 Ne. 3:7
Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Ne. 3:11
But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins-- and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them.

2 Ne. 3:14
And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise;

Mosiah 8:13
Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.

Mosiah 8:15
And the king said that a seer is greater than a prophet.

Mosiah 8:16
And Ammon said that a seer is a revelator and a prophet also; and a gift which is greater can no man have, except he should possess the power of God, which no man can; yet a man may have great power given him from God.

Mosiah 8:17
But a seer can know of things which are past, and also of things which are to come, and by them shall all things be revealed, or, rather, shall secret things be made manifest, and hidden things shall come to light, and things which are not known shall be made known by them, and also things shall be made known by them which otherwise could not be known.

Mosiah 28:16
And whosoever has these things is called seer, after the manner of old times.