Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'covet' occurs 15 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'covet' in the standard works and contain 40% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 4 14 18
NT 4 19 23
BM 3 0 3
DC 4 6 10
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 15 39 54

D&C 19:25
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; nor seek thy neighbor's life.

D&C 19:26
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property, but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth and the word of God--

D&C 117:8
Is there not room enough on the mountains of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and on the plains of Olaha Shinehah, or the land where Adam dwelt, that you should covet that which is but the drop, and neglect the more weighty matters?

D&C 136:20
Seek ye; and keep all your pledges one with another; and covet not that which is thy brother's.