Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commit' occurs 127 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commit' in the standard works and contain 29.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hosea 4:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 132:59-62 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 2:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

James 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 77 126
NT 26 37 63
Matt. 4 3 7
Mark 1 3 4
Luke 3 3 6
John 1 2 3
Acts 0 5 5
Rom. 6 1 7
1 Cor. 1 3 4
2 Cor. 0 3 3
Gal. 0 1 1
1 Tim. 1 2 3
2 Tim. 1 2 3
Titus 0 1 1
James 3 1 4
1 Pet. 1 1 2
1 Jn. 1 2 3
Jude 0 1 1
Rev. 3 3 6
BM 35 29 64
DC 16 23 39
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 127 166 293

Matt. 5:27
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Matt. 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Matt. 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Matt. 19:18
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mark 10:19
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Luke 12:48
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 16:11
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Luke 18:20
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

John 2:24
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

Rom. 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Rom. 2:2
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

Rom. 2:22
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

Rom. 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

1 Cor. 10:8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

1 Tim. 1:18
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

2 Tim. 2:2
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

James 2:11
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

1 Pet. 4:19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

1 Jn. 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Rev. 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Rev. 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

Rev. 2:22
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.