Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'obey' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'obey' in the standard works and contain 23% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 2:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 42 85
Gen. 3 3 6
Ex. 4 0 4
Deut. 10 0 10
Josh. 1 2 3
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 5 5 10
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 1 2
Isa. 1 1 2
Jer. 11 18 29
Dan. 2 2 4
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 26 8 34
BM 15 3 18
DC 14 7 21
PGP 2 7 9
TOTAL 100 67 167

Gen. 27:8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Gen. 27:13
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

Gen. 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;