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)

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

Ps. 2:11
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Ps. 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Ps. 16:1
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Ps. 18:43
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Ps. 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Ps. 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Ps. 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Ps. 32:7
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Ps. 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

Ps. 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Ps. 41:2
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Ps. 61:7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

Ps. 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Ps. 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Ps. 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Ps. 86:2
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Ps. 97:7
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Ps. 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps. 100:2
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Ps. 101:6
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Ps. 102:22
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

Ps. 105:45
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 106:36
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Ps. 107:43
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Ps. 116:6
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

Ps. 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Ps. 121:7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Ps. 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Ps. 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Ps. 140:1
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Ps. 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps. 145:20
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.