Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'worship' occurs 179 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'worship' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 4:20-24 (8 in 5 verses)

Dan. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 17:55-18:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 32:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Zeph. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 93:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 22:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 54 118
NT 44 36 80
BM 45 3 48
DC 15 2 17
PGP 11 2 13
TOTAL 179 97 276

D&C 18:40
And you shall fall down and worship the Father in my name.

D&C 20:19
And gave unto them commandments that they should love and serve him, the only living and true God, and that he should be the only being whom they should worship.

D&C 20:29
And we know that all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and worship the Father in his name, and endure in faith on his name to the end, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.

D&C 42:35
And for the purpose of purchasing lands for the public benefit of the church, and building houses of worship, and building up of the New Jerusalem which is hereafter to be revealed--

D&C 76:21
And saw the holy angels, and them who are sanctified before his throne, worshiping God, and the Lamb, who worship him forever and ever.

D&C 93:19
I give unto you these sayings that you may understand and know how to worship, and know what you worship, that you may come unto the Father in my name, and in due time receive of his fulness.

D&C 101:22
Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and stand in holy places;

D&C 109:14
And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all those who shall worship in this house may be taught words of wisdom out of the best books, and that they may seek learning even by study, and also by faith, as thou hast said;

D&C 109:24
We ask thee, Holy Father, to establish the people that shall worship, and honorably hold a name and standing in this thy house, to all generations and for eternity;

D&C 115:8
Therefore, I command you to build a house unto me, for the gathering together of my saints, that they may worship me.

D&C 124:84
And with my servant Almon Babbitt, there are many things with which I am not pleased; behold, he aspireth to establish his counsel instead of the counsel which I have ordained, even that of the Presidency of my Church; and he setteth up a golden calf for the worship of my people.

D&C 133:39
And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters--

D&C 134:4
We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others; but we do not believe that human law has a right to interfere in prescribing rules of worship to bind the consciences of men, nor dictate forms for public or private devotion; that the civil magistrate should restrain crime, but never control conscience; should punish guilt, but never suppress the freedom of the soul.

D&C 134:6
We believe that every man should be honored in his station, rulers and magistrates as such, being placed for the protection of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty; and that to the laws all men owe respect and deference, as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of regulating our interests as individuals and nations, between man and man; and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns, for faith and worship, both to be answered by man to his Maker.

D&C 138:39
And our glorious Mother Eve, with many of her faithful daughters who had lived through the ages and worshiped the true and living God.