Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'worship' occurs 179 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'worship' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 4:20-24 (8 in 5 verses)

Dan. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:55-18:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Zeph. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


Acts 7:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.




Rev. 22:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 54 118
NT 44 36 80
Matt. 5 9 14
Mark 1 2 3
Luke 3 1 4
John 9 4 13
Acts 7 6 13
Rom. 0 1 1
1 Cor. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
Col. 1 1 2
2 Thes. 0 1 1
Heb. 1 2 3
Rev. 15 9 24
BM 45 3 48
DC 15 2 17
PGP 11 2 13
TOTAL 179 97 276

Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Acts 7:43
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Acts 8:27
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Acts 10:25
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

Acts 16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Acts 17:23
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Acts 17:25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Acts 18:7
And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

Acts 18:13
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Acts 19:27
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

Acts 19:35
And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

Acts 24:11
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

Acts 24:14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: