Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'serve' occurs 263 times in the standard works.

85 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'serve' in the standard works and contain 32.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 24:14-24 (12 in 11 verses)

Jer. 27:6-14 (9 in 9 verses)

Mosiah 2:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 9:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 2:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 12:26 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)


Ex. 10:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

 10:8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?




Ex. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 176 202 378
Gen. 9 16 25
Ex. 25 8 33
Lev. 2 2 4
Num. 5 4 9
Deut. 25 29 54
Josh. 15 8 23
Judg. 5 15 20
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 9 4 13
2 Sam. 4 6 10
1 Kgs. 3 5 8
2 Kgs. 3 12 15
1 Chr. 1 5 6
2 Chr. 8 6 14
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 4 4
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 3 7 10
Ps. 8 27 35
Prov. 0 8 8
Eccl. 0 2 2
Isa. 6 4 10
Jer. 29 11 40
Ezek. 7 5 12
Dan. 7 2 9
Hosea 0 4 4
Jonah 0 1 1
Nahum 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 3 4
NT 33 34 67
BM 41 135 176
DC 11 55 66
PGP 2 6 8
TOTAL 263 432 695

Ex. 1:13
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Ex. 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Ex. 3:12
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Ex. 4:23
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Ex. 7:16
And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Ex. 8:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 8:20
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 9:1
Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 9:13
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 10:3
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 10:7
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Ex. 10:8
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?

Ex. 10:11
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

Ex. 10:24
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

Ex. 10:26
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

Ex. 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Ex. 12:24
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

Ex. 12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.

Ex. 12:42
It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

Ex. 14:12
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Ex. 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Ex. 21:2
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Ex. 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

Ex. 23:24
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Ex. 23:25
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Ex. 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Ex. 31:16
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Ex. 34:11
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Ex. 34:22
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.