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)

 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.




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

Amos 2:4
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

Amos 2:12
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Amos 6:11
For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

Amos 9:3
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Amos 9:4
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Amos 9:9
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.