Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commandments' occurs 520 times in the standard works.

141 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commandments' in the standard works and contain 27.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 58 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 37:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:31 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:22 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 5:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 1:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 50:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 28:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 26:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 3:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)


Lev. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:




Num. 15:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 111:10-112:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:37-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:16-36:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 92:2-93:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 139 0 139
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 4 0 4
Deut. 43 0 43
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 10 0 10
2 Kgs. 5 0 5
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 8 0 8
Ps. 28 0 28
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
NT 32 0 32
BM 208 0 208
DC 131 0 131
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 520 0 520

Lev. 4:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

Lev. 4:13
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

Lev. 4:22
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

Lev. 4:27
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

Lev. 5:17
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Lev. 22:31
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.

Lev. 26:3
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Lev. 26:14
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

Lev. 26:15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

Lev. 27:34
These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.