Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'keep' occurs 590 times in the standard works.

152 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'keep' in the standard works and contain 25.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 8:26-9:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 9:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 9:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 7:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 3:26 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 25:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:30-37:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 26:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:100-101 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:145-146 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:15-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 84 384
Gen. 13 5 18
Ex. 25 2 27
Lev. 20 0 20
Num. 25 2 27
Deut. 40 2 42
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 0 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 5 7
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 12 1 13
2 Kgs. 5 5 10
1 Chr. 8 4 12
2 Chr. 14 2 16
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 5 8
Esth. 3 4 7
Job 2 2 4
Ps. 51 7 58
Prov. 21 17 38
Eccl. 5 2 7
Song. 1 3 4
Isa. 10 4 14
Jer. 4 4 8
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 7 5 12
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 1 1 2
Zech. 6 0 6
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 62 23 85
BM 154 29 183
DC 61 21 82
PGP 13 4 17
TOTAL 590 161 751

Ezek. 11:20
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 18:21
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ezek. 20:19
I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

Ezek. 36:27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Ezek. 43:11
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

Ezek. 44:16
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

Ezek. 44:24
And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.