Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'counsel' occurs 196 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'counsel' in the standard works and contain 15.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 17:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 10:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 16:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 39:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:84 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 33:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)


Isa. 46:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.




D&C 103:40-104:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 124 47 171
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 13 4 17
1 Kgs. 6 0 6
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 1 3 4
2 Chr. 11 2 13
Ezra 2 5 7
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 9 4 13
Ps. 17 3 20
Prov. 13 7 20
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 18 8 26
Jer. 11 1 12
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 2 6 8
Hosea 2 1 3
Micah 1 2 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 19 4 23
BM 15 9 24
DC 34 36 70
PGP 4 6 10
TOTAL 196 102 298

Isa. 1:26
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

Isa. 3:3
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Isa. 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Isa. 7:5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Isa. 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Isa. 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isa. 11:2
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Isa. 16:3
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

Isa. 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

Isa. 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Isa. 19:17
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

Isa. 23:8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

Isa. 25:1
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Isa. 28:29
This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

Isa. 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Isa. 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

Isa. 36:5
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Isa. 40:13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

Isa. 40:14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

Isa. 41:28
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

Isa. 44:26
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

Isa. 45:21
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

Isa. 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Isa. 46:11
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Isa. 47:13
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.