Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'observe' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'observe' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 98:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)


Deut. 11:32-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

 12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.




Deut. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 13 61
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 6 2 8
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 1 1 2
Deut. 21 3 24
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 2 1 3
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Neh. 2 0 2
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Hosea 1 1 2
Jonah 1 0 1
NT 7 2 9
BM 26 6 32
DC 22 3 25
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 103 24 127

Deut. 5:32
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deut. 6:3
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deut. 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

Deut. 8:1
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.

Deut. 11:32
And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

Deut. 12:1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

Deut. 12:28
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.

Deut. 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Deut. 15:5
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

Deut. 16:1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

Deut. 16:12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Deut. 16:13
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

Deut. 17:10
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

Deut. 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Deut. 18:14
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

Deut. 24:8
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

Deut. 28:1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Deut. 28:13
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Deut. 28:15
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Deut. 28:58
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord Thy God;

Deut. 31:12
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Deut. 32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Deut. 33:9
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.