Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'served' occurs 77 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'served' in the standard works and contain 11.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)


Josh. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 69 30 99
Gen. 9 3 12
Ex. 0 2 2
Num. 0 2 2
Deut. 3 2 5
Josh. 5 1 6
Judg. 13 1 14
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 3 1 4
2 Sam. 2 4 6
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 9 1 10
1 Chr. 2 3 5
2 Chr. 4 1 5
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 0 4 4
Ps. 2 1 3
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 0 1 1
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hosea 1 2 3
NT 5 14 19
BM 3 48 51
DC 0 20 20
PGP 0 4 4
TOTAL 77 116 193

Josh. 23:16
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

Josh. 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Josh. 24:14
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

Josh. 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:17
For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

Josh. 24:31
And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.