Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'service' occurs 146 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'service' in the standard works and contain 44.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 27 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 4:23-33 (11 in 11 verses)

Mosiah 2:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Num. 7:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 28:13-14 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:40-41 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 28:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:47-49 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 8:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 23:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 29:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 117 1 118
NT 15 2 17
BM 10 1 11
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Mosiah 8 0 8
Alma 1 1 2
DC 3 2 5
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 146 6 152

2 Ne. 2:3
Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt dwell safely with thy brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in the service of thy God. Wherefore, I know that thou art redeemed, because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer; for thou hast beheld that in the fulness of time he cometh to bring salvation unto men.

Mosiah 2:12
I say unto you that as I have been suffered to spend my days in your service, even up to this time, and have not sought gold nor silver nor any manner of riches of you;

Mosiah 2:16
Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that I had spent my days in your service, I do not desire to boast, for I have only been in the service of God.

Mosiah 2:17
And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.

Mosiah 2:19
And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly King!

Mosiah 22:4
And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an unprofitable servant, or if thou hast hitherto listened to my words in any degree, and they have been of service to thee, even so I desire that thou wouldst listen to my words at this time, and I will be thy servant and deliver this people out of bondage.

Alma 17:26
And after he had been in the service of the king three days, as he was with the Lamanitish servants going forth with their flocks to the place of water, which was called the water of Sebus, and all the Lamanites drive their flocks hither, that they may have water--