Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elder' occurs 62 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elder' in the standard works and contain 22.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:84-21:1 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Tim. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.




D&C 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 119 130
NT 9 60 69
BM 9 9 18
DC 32 86 118
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 62 274 336

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