Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commanded' occurs 741 times in the standard works.

180 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commanded' in the standard works and contain 24.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 78 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 3:28-4:5 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 18:19-24 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:34-37 (5 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Ne. 26:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 23:13-24:1 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 13:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 8:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 9:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 5:32-6:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 5:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 15:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 36:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 22:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 29:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 39:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:40-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 5:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 16:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 21:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 7:10-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 97:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 381 4 385
Gen. 18 0 18
Ex. 44 0 44
Lev. 27 0 27
Num. 41 0 41
Deut. 39 0 39
Josh. 34 0 34
Judg. 6 0 6
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 11 0 11
1 Kgs. 12 0 12
2 Kgs. 16 0 16
1 Chr. 14 0 14
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Ezra 6 0 6
Neh. 6 3 9
Esth. 10 0 10
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 12 0 12
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 28 1 29
Lam. 2 0 2
Ezek. 6 0 6
Dan. 13 0 13
Amos 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 62 0 62
BM 191 0 191
DC 84 0 84
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 741 4 745

Neh. 1:7
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Neh. 1:8
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Neh. 9:14
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Jer. 32:23
And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: