Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'priesthood' occurs 165 times in the standard works.

106 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'priesthood' in the standard works and contain 64.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 50 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 107:1-22 (23 in 22 verses)

JS-H 1:69-74 (8 in 6 verses)

D&C 84:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 68:15-21 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 107:64-70 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 107:76-82 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 84:25-30 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 13:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 113:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:130-132 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:29 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 85:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:95 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:123 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 86:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:87-88 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
Ex. 1 0 1
Num. 3 0 3
Josh. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 0 3
NT 7 0 7
BM 8 0 8
DC 123 3 126
PGP 18 0 18
TOTAL 165 3 168

Josh. 18:7
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.