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
Gen. 1 1 2
Ex. 5 5 10
Lev. 0 10 10
Num. 20 4 24
Deut. 6 43 49
Josh. 7 1 8
Judg. 0 2 2
1 Sam. 5 1 6
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 2 10 12
2 Kgs. 5 5 10
1 Chr. 3 3 6
2 Chr. 17 5 22
Ezra 6 3 9
Neh. 3 8 11
Esth. 15 0 15
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 4 28 32
Prov. 5 6 11
Eccl. 2 1 3
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 3 0 3
Lam. 1 0 1
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 56 32 88
BM 41 208 249
DC 117 131 248
PGP 7 10 17
TOTAL 342 520 862

1 Sam. 12:14
If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:

1 Sam. 12:15
But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1 Sam. 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

1 Sam. 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.