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)

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
NT 32 0 32
BM 208 0 208
1 Ne. 31 0 31
2 Ne. 24 0 24
Jacob 6 0 6
Enos 1 0 1
Jarom 3 0 3
Omni 4 0 4
Mosiah 47 0 47
Alma 61 0 61
Hel. 14 0 14
3 Ne. 11 0 11
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 131 0 131
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 520 0 520

3 Ne. 5:22
And insomuch as the children of Lehi have kept his commandments he hath blessed them and prospered them according to his word.

3 Ne. 6:14
And thus there became a great inequality in all the land, insomuch that the church began to be broken up; yea, insomuch that in the thirtieth year the church was broken up in all the land save it were among a few of the Lamanites who were converted unto the true faith; and they would not depart from it, for they were firm, and steadfast, and immovable, willing with all diligence to keep the commandments of the Lord.

3 Ne. 12:19
And behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of your sins, and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Behold, ye have the commandments before you, and the law is fulfilled.

3 Ne. 12:20
Therefore come unto me and be ye saved; for verily I say unto you, that except ye shall keep my commandments, which I have commanded you at this time, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

3 Ne. 15:10
Behold, I have given unto you the commandments; therefore keep my commandments. And this is the law and the prophets, for they truly testified of me.

3 Ne. 18:10
And when the disciples had done this, Jesus said unto them: Blessed are ye for this thing which ye have done, for this is fulfilling my commandments, and this doth witness unto the Father that ye are willing to do that which I have commanded you.

3 Ne. 18:14
Therefore blessed are ye if ye shall keep my commandments, which the Father hath commanded me that I should give unto you.

3 Ne. 18:27
Behold verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you another commandment, and then I must go unto my Father that I may fulfil other commandments which he hath given me.

3 Ne. 18:34
And I give you these commandments because of the disputations which have been among you. And blessed are ye if ye have no disputations among you.