Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commandment' occurs 342 times in the standard works.

95 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commandment' in the standard works and contain 27.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 41 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 9:18-23 (7 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 56:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 3:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:67-69 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 29:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 92:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:42 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:17-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 121 139 260
NT 56 32 88
Matt. 5 4 9
Mark 5 3 8
Luke 2 2 4
John 7 4 11
Acts 4 1 5
Rom. 8 0 8
1 Cor. 2 2 4
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 1 2
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 3 0 3
Titus 1 1 2
Heb. 5 0 5
2 Pet. 2 0 2
1 Jn. 7 7 14
2 Jn. 3 1 4
Rev. 0 3 3
BM 41 208 249
DC 117 131 248
PGP 7 10 17
TOTAL 342 520 862

1 Jn. 2:7
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

1 Jn. 2:8
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

1 Jn. 3:23
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

1 Jn. 4:21
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.