Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'obey' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'obey' in the standard works and contain 23% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 2:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 42:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 2:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 52:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 42 85
Gen. 3 3 6
Ex. 4 0 4
Deut. 10 0 10
Josh. 1 2 3
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 5 5 10
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 1 1 2
Isa. 1 1 2
Jer. 11 18 29
Dan. 2 2 4
Zeph. 0 1 1
Hag. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 26 8 34
BM 15 3 18
DC 14 7 21
PGP 2 7 9
TOTAL 100 67 167

Dan. 7:27
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Dan. 9:11
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.