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
NT 33 34 67
Matt. 3 4 7
Mark 0 2 2
Luke 9 5 14
John 2 1 3
Acts 3 4 7
Rom. 6 3 9
1 Cor. 0 1 1
Gal. 1 2 3
Philip. 0 1 1
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 1 2
1 Tim. 0 1 1
2 Tim. 1 1 2
Heb. 4 0 4
1 Pet. 0 1 1
2 Pet. 0 4 4
Jude 0 3 3
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 41 135 176
DC 11 55 66
PGP 2 6 8
TOTAL 263 432 695

Luke 1:74
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Luke 2:37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 4:8
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

Luke 10:40
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 17:8
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

Luke 17:33
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Luke 22:26
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

Luke 22:27
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.