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
Gen. 3 1 4
Ex. 1 11 12
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Judg. 1 1 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 1 4
1 Kgs. 2 1 3
2 Kgs. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 9 4 13
2 Chr. 7 2 9
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 10 11 21
Esth. 0 3 3
Ps. 3 1 4
Prov. 5 0 5
Eccl. 2 0 2
Isa. 3 5 8
Jer. 2 4 6
Ezek. 0 3 3
Dan. 6 2 8
Hosea 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 23 21 44
BM 20 7 27
DC 9 8 17
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 117 95 212

2 Chr. 6:5
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

2 Chr. 7:18
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

2 Chr. 11:22
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

2 Chr. 19:11
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

2 Chr. 26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

2 Chr. 29:20
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

2 Chr. 31:12
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

2 Chr. 31:13
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

2 Chr. 35:8
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.