Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commanded' occurs 741 times in the standard works.

180 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commanded' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 78 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 3:28-4:5 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 18:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:34-37 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 26:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 23:13-24:1 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 13:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 5:32-6:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 5:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 15:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 29:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:40-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)


Dan. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

 3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.




Dan. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 7:10-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 381 4 385
NT 62 0 62
BM 191 0 191
DC 84 0 84
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 741 4 745

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