Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'serve' occurs 263 times in the standard works.

85 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'serve' in the standard works and contain 32.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 24:14-24 (12 in 11 verses)

Jer. 27:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

Mosiah 2:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 9:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 176 202 378
Gen. 9 16 25
Ex. 25 8 33
Lev. 2 2 4
Num. 5 4 9
Deut. 25 29 54
Josh. 15 8 23
Judg. 5 15 20
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 9 4 13
2 Sam. 4 6 10
1 Kgs. 3 5 8
2 Kgs. 3 12 15
1 Chr. 1 5 6
2 Chr. 8 6 14
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 4 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 3 7 10
Ps. 8 27 35
Prov. 0 8 8
Eccl. 0 2 2
Isa. 6 4 10
Jer. 29 11 40
Ezek. 7 5 12
Dan. 7 2 9
Hosea 0 4 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 3 4
NT 33 34 67
BM 41 135 176
DC 11 55 66
PGP 2 6 8
TOTAL 263 432 695

1 Sam. 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 10:7
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

1 Sam. 11:1
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

1 Sam. 12:10
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

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. 12:20
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

1 Sam. 12:24
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

1 Sam. 17:9
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

1 Sam. 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.