Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'servant' occurs 947 times in the standard works.

504 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'servant' in the standard works and contain 53.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 211 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 124:70-112 (43 in 43 verses)

Jacob 5:15-30 (16 in 16 verses)

D&C 124:12-22 (15 in 11 verses)

D&C 75:30-36 (14 in 7 verses)

D&C 103:29-40 (13 in 12 verses)

D&C 69:1-70:1 (11 in 9 verses)

D&C 75:9-17 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Sam. 7:25-29 (7 in 5 verses)

D&C 132:52-57 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:24-30 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 6:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 64:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 104:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 124:56-62 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 112:15-17 (6 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:23-27 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 5:15-20 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 19:26-28 (5 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 19:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:36-39 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 114:1-115:2 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 118:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 68:7 (4 in 1 verse)

Job 42:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 17:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 14:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:125-127 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 44:30-33 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 9:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 14:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 21:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 56:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 57:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 115:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 15:34 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 78:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:65-66 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 23:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

 23:10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.




1 Kgs. 1:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 37:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 9:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 7:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 49:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 12:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jacob 5:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 41:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 79:4-80:2 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 117:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 12:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 116:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 42:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 44:21 (2 in 1 verse)

John 18:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Philem. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:70 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 22:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 61:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 81:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 100:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 117:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:115 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 24:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 15:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 26:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:124-125 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 8:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 36:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:14-68:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 92:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 106:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 415 465 880
Gen. 43 53 96
Ex. 9 39 48
Lev. 6 4 10
Num. 5 8 13
Deut. 7 20 27
Josh. 20 5 25
Judg. 8 4 12
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 35 44 79
2 Sam. 55 59 114
1 Kgs. 43 34 77
2 Kgs. 31 38 69
1 Chr. 17 11 28
2 Chr. 14 29 43
Ezra 0 6 6
Neh. 12 19 31
Esth. 0 9 9
Job 10 6 16
Ps. 38 17 55
Prov. 10 1 11
Eccl. 1 4 5
Isa. 24 17 41
Jer. 11 22 33
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 6 2 8
Dan. 4 8 12
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 2 3
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 83 80 163
BM 79 75 154
DC 360 122 482
PGP 10 3 13
TOTAL 947 745 1692

1 Sam. 2:13
And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

1 Sam. 2:15
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

1 Sam. 3:9
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Sam. 3:10
And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

1 Sam. 4:9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

1 Sam. 8:14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

1 Sam. 8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

1 Sam. 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Sam. 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

1 Sam. 9:3
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

1 Sam. 9:5
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

1 Sam. 9:7
Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

1 Sam. 9:8
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

1 Sam. 9:10
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

1 Sam. 9:22
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

1 Sam. 9:27
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

1 Sam. 10:14
And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

1 Sam. 12:19
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

1 Sam. 16:15
And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

1 Sam. 16:16
Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

1 Sam. 16:17
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

1 Sam. 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

1 Sam. 17:8
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

1 Sam. 17:9
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

1 Sam. 17:32
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

1 Sam. 17:34
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

1 Sam. 17:36
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

1 Sam. 17:58
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

1 Sam. 18:5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Sam. 18:22
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

1 Sam. 18:23
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

1 Sam. 18:24
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

1 Sam. 18:26
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.

1 Sam. 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

1 Sam. 19:1
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

1 Sam. 19:4
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

1 Sam. 20:7
If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

1 Sam. 20:8
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

1 Sam. 21:2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

1 Sam. 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

1 Sam. 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 21:14
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

1 Sam. 22:6
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

1 Sam. 22:7
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

1 Sam. 22:8
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Sam. 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Sam. 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

1 Sam. 22:15
Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

1 Sam. 22:17
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

1 Sam. 23:10
Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

1 Sam. 23:11
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

1 Sam. 24:7
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

1 Sam. 25:8
Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

1 Sam. 25:10
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

1 Sam. 25:19
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

1 Sam. 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Sam. 25:40
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

1 Sam. 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

1 Sam. 26:18
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

1 Sam. 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

1 Sam. 27:5
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

1 Sam. 27:12
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Sam. 28:2
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

1 Sam. 28:7
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

1 Sam. 28:23
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

1 Sam. 28:25
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

1 Sam. 29:3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

1 Sam. 29:8
And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

1 Sam. 29:10
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

1 Sam. 30:13
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.