Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'observe' occurs 103 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'observe' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 98:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 11:32-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 119:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 48 13 61
NT 7 2 9
BM 26 6 32
2 Ne. 3 0 3
Jacob 1 0 1
Jarom 0 1 1
Mosiah 6 1 7
Alma 8 2 10
Hel. 4 0 4
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 2 3
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 22 3 25
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 103 24 127

Jarom 1:5
And now, behold, two hundred years had passed away, and the people of Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither did they blaspheme. And the laws of the land were exceedingly strict.