Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'precept' occurs 19 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'precept' in the standard works and contain 84.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 28:10-13 (8 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 28:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 24 33
Neh. 0 1 1
Ps. 0 21 21
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 0 1 1
Dan. 0 1 1
NT 2 0 2
BM 4 6 10
DC 4 2 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 32 51

Neh. 9:14
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Ps. 119:4
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

Ps. 119:15
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Ps. 119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

Ps. 119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Ps. 119:45
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

Ps. 119:56
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Ps. 119:63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:78
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Ps. 119:87
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

Ps. 119:93
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

Ps. 119:94
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Ps. 119:100
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Ps. 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Ps. 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Ps. 119:134
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:141
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

Ps. 119:159
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

Ps. 119:168
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

Ps. 119:173
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Jer. 35:18
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

Dan. 9:5
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: