Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ordinance' occurs 50 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ordinance' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 128:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 88:139-140 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 20 48
NT 2 7 9
BM 3 8 11
2 Ne. 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 1 1
Alma 3 3 6
3 Ne. 0 2 2
4 Ne. 0 1 1
DC 16 18 34
PGP 1 3 4
TOTAL 50 56 106

2 Ne. 25:30
And, inasmuch as it shall be expedient, ye must keep the performances and ordinances of God until the law shall be fulfilled which was given unto Moses.

Mosiah 13:30
Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.

Alma 13:16
Now these ordinances were given after this manner, that thereby the people might look forward on the Son of God, it being a type of his order, or it being his order, and this that they might look forward to him for a remission of their sins, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord.

Alma 30:3
Yea, and the people did observe to keep the commandments of the Lord; and they were strict in observing the ordinances of God, according to the law of Moses; for they were taught to keep the law of Moses until it should be fulfilled.

Alma 30:23
Now the high priest's name was Giddonah. And Korihor said unto him: Because I do not teach the foolish traditions of your fathers, and because I do not teach this people to bind themselves down under the foolish ordinances and performances which are laid down by ancient priests, to usurp power and authority over them, to keep them in ignorance, that they may not lift up their heads, but be brought down according to thy words.

3 Ne. 24:7
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. But ye say: Wherein shall we return?

3 Ne. 24:14
Ye have said: It is vain to serve God, and what doth it profit that we have kept his ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

4 Ne. 1:12
And they did not walk any more after the performances and ordinances of the law of Moses; but they did walk after the commandments which they had received from their Lord and their God, continuing in fasting and prayer, and in meeting together oft both to pray and to hear the word of the Lord.