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)

 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.




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

Prov. 2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Prov. 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Prov. 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Prov. 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Prov. 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Prov. 3:26
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Prov. 4:4
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Prov. 4:6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Prov. 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Prov. 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Prov. 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Prov. 5:2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Prov. 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Prov. 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Prov. 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Prov. 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Prov. 7:2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Prov. 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Prov. 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

Prov. 10:17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Prov. 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Prov. 13:6
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Prov. 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Prov. 19:8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Prov. 19:16
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Prov. 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Prov. 22:5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Prov. 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Prov. 24:12
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Prov. 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Prov. 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Prov. 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

Prov. 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Prov. 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Prov. 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.