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
NT 26 8 34
BM 15 3 18
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 3 1 4
Jacob 2 0 2
Mosiah 5 0 5
Alma 4 2 6
DC 14 7 21
PGP 2 7 9
TOTAL 100 67 167

Jacob 4:6
Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Jacob 5:72
And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them; and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.