Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'keep' occurs 590 times in the standard works.

152 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'keep' in the standard works and contain 25.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 8:26-9:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 9:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 9:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 7:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 3:26 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 25:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:30-37:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 26:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:100-101 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:145-146 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:15-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 84 384
NT 62 23 85
Matt. 2 1 3
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 4 2 6
John 10 4 14
Acts 11 6 17
Rom. 2 0 2
1 Cor. 8 1 9
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 3 0 3
2 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 0 1 1
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 0 1 1
1 Jn. 5 4 9
Jude 2 0 2
Rev. 5 3 8
BM 154 29 183
DC 61 21 82
PGP 13 4 17
TOTAL 590 161 751

Matt. 28:4
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Luke 11:21
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

John 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

Acts 12:6
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

Acts 16:27
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

Acts 16:36
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

Acts 21:24
Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

1 Cor. 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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. 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 Jn. 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 Jn. 3:24
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

1 Jn. 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Rev. 2:26
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

Rev. 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Rev. 22:7
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.