Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'command' occurs 215 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'command' in the standard works and contain 19.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 28:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 658 745
Gen. 3 21 24
Ex. 5 55 60
Lev. 8 37 45
Num. 6 66 72
Deut. 41 88 129
Josh. 5 44 49
Judg. 0 8 8
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 15 16
2 Sam. 0 12 12
1 Kgs. 2 24 26
2 Kgs. 0 26 26
1 Chr. 0 20 20
2 Chr. 1 39 40
Ezra 0 15 15
Neh. 0 20 20
Esth. 0 25 25
Job 1 7 8
Ps. 2 45 47
Prov. 0 11 11
Eccl. 0 3 3
Isa. 2 8 10
Jer. 6 32 38
Lam. 1 4 5
Ezek. 0 6 6
Dan. 0 17 17
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 3 3 6
Nahum 0 1 1
Zech. 0 1 1
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 17 158 175
BM 62 467 529
DC 45 334 379
PGP 4 42 46
TOTAL 215 1659 1874

2 Sam. 4:12
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

2 Sam. 5:25
And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

2 Sam. 7:7
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

2 Sam. 7:11
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

2 Sam. 9:11
Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

2 Sam. 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

2 Sam. 13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

2 Sam. 13:29
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

2 Sam. 18:5
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

2 Sam. 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

2 Sam. 24:19
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.