Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commandment' occurs 342 times in the standard works.

95 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commandment' in the standard works and contain 27.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 41 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 9:18-23 (7 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Jn. 2:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 56:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 3:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 101:67-69 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 29:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 92:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:42 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 8:17-9:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 28:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 36:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 70:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:76-77 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 94:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 121 139 260
NT 56 32 88
BM 41 208 249
1 Ne. 5 31 36
2 Ne. 4 24 28
Jacob 8 6 14
Enos 0 1 1
Jarom 1 3 4
Omni 0 4 4
Mosiah 0 47 47
Alma 1 61 62
Hel. 0 14 14
3 Ne. 14 11 25
4 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 5 0 5
Ether 3 0 3
Moro. 0 5 5
DC 117 131 248
PGP 7 10 17
TOTAL 342 520 862

1 Ne. 3:5
And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord.

1 Ne. 6:6
Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the children of men.

1 Ne. 9:3
Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord that I should make these plates, for the special purpose that there should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.

1 Ne. 19:3
And after I had made these plates by way of commandment, I, Nephi, received a commandment that the ministry and the prophecies, the more plain and precious parts of them, should be written upon these plates; and that the things which were written should be kept for the instruction of my people, who should possess the land, and also for other wise purposes, which purposes are known unto the Lord.

2 Ne. 2:21
And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh; wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God gave unto the children of men. For he gave commandment that all men must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were lost, because of the transgression of their parents.

2 Ne. 3:7
Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Ne. 3:8
And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him. And I will make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work.

2 Ne. 26:30
Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

Jacob 1:1
For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which these things are engraven.

Jacob 1:2
And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1:8
Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.

Jacob 2:9
Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained, because of the strict commandment which I have received from God, to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded, instead of consoling and healing their wounds; and those who have not been wounded, instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.

Jacob 3:5
Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father-- that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

Jacob 3:6
And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they shall become a blessed people.

Jacob 3:9
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

Jarom 1:1
Now behold, I, Jarom, write a few words according to the commandment of my father, Enos, that our genealogy may be kept.

Alma 22:24
Now there was a multitude gathered together because of the commandment of the queen, and there began to be great murmurings among them because of Aaron and his brethren.

3 Ne. 4:6
And they durst not spread themselves upon the face of the land insomuch that they could raise grain, lest the Nephites should come upon them and slay them; therefore Giddianhi gave commandment unto his armies that in this year they should go up to battle against the Nephites.

3 Ne. 4:13
And it came to pass that Gidgiddoni commanded that his armies should pursue them as far as the borders of the wilderness, and that they should not spare any that should fall into their hands by the way; and thus they did pursue them and did slay them, to the borders of the wilderness, even until they had fulfilled the commandment of Gidgiddoni.

3 Ne. 12:29
Behold, I give unto you a commandment, that ye suffer none of these things to enter into your heart;

3 Ne. 15:14
And not at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should tell it unto your brethren at Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 15:15
Neither at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should tell unto them concerning the other tribes of the house of Israel, whom the Father hath led away out of the land.

3 Ne. 16:3
But I have received a commandment of the Father that I shall go unto them, and that they shall hear my voice, and shall be numbered among my sheep, that there may be one fold and one shepherd; therefore I go to show myself unto them.

3 Ne. 18:12
And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things. And if ye shall always do these things blessed are ye, for ye are built upon my rock.

3 Ne. 18:25
And ye see that I have commanded that none of you should go away, but rather have commanded that ye should come unto me, that ye might feel and see; even so shall ye do unto the world; and whosoever breaketh this commandment suffereth himself to be led into temptation.

3 Ne. 18:27
Behold verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you another commandment, and then I must go unto my Father that I may fulfil other commandments which he hath given me.

3 Ne. 18:28
And now behold, this is the commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall not suffer any one knowingly to partake of my flesh and blood unworthily, when ye shall minister it;

3 Ne. 20:10
And it came to pass that when they had all given glory unto Jesus, he said unto them: Behold now I finish the commandment which the Father hath commanded me concerning this people, who are a remnant of the house of Israel.

3 Ne. 23:1
And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.

3 Ne. 27:20
Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.

3 Ne. 28:16
But it came to pass that they did again minister upon the face of the earth; nevertheless they did not minister of the things which they had heard and seen, because of the commandment which was given them in heaven.

Morm. 5:9
And also that a knowledge of these things must come unto the remnant of these people, and also unto the Gentiles, who the Lord hath said should scatter this people, and this people should be counted as naught among them-- therefore I write a small abridgment, daring not to give a full account of the things which I have seen, because of the commandment which I have received, and also that ye might not have too great sorrow because of the wickedness of this people.

Morm. 5:13
And this is the commandment which I have received; and behold, they shall come forth according to the commandment of the Lord, when he shall see fit, in his wisdom.

Morm. 8:3
And my father also was killed by them, and I even remain alone to write the sad tale of the destruction of my people. But behold, they are gone, and I fulfil the commandment of my father. And whether they will slay me, I know not.

Morm. 8:14
And I am the same who hideth up this record unto the Lord; the plates thereof are of no worth, because of the commandment of the Lord. For he truly saith that no one shall have them to get gain; but the record thereof is of great worth; and whoso shall bring it to light, him will the Lord bless.

Ether 3:2
O Lord, thou hast said that we must be encompassed about by the floods. Now behold, O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our desires.

Ether 4:5
Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me to write them; and I have written them. And he commanded me that I should seal them up; and he also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof; wherefore I have sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord.

Ether 9:29
But the people believed not the words of the prophets, but they cast them out; and some of them they cast into pits and left them to perish. And it came to pass that they did all these things according to the commandment of the king, Heth.