Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'obey' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'obey' in the standard works and contain 23% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 2:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 42 85
NT 26 8 34
BM 15 3 18
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 1 4
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 4 2 6
DC 14 7 21
PGP 2 7 9
TOTAL 100 67 167

2 Ne. 1:27
And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

2 Ne. 21:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines towards the west; they shall spoil them of the east together; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

2 Ne. 33:15
For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at the judgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must obey. Amen.