Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'statutes' occurs 148 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'statutes' in the standard works and contain 15.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 5:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:32-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezra 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.




Neh. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:117-118 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 20:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 132 0 132
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 12 0 12
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 29 0 29
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 7 0 7
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 4 0 4
Ps. 28 0 28
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 21 0 21
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 13 0 13
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 148 0 148

Ezra 7:10
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Ezra 7:11
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.