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)

 14:12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.




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
BM 41 135 176
DC 11 55 66
PGP 2 6 8
TOTAL 263 432 695

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