Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'keep' occurs 590 times in the standard works.

152 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'keep' in the standard works and contain 25.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 63 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 8:26-9:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 9:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 9:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 7:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 3:26 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 25:14-15 (4 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:30-37:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 37:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 12:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 26:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 13:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 2:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Enos 1:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 119:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!




Ps. 119:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:100-101 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:145-146 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:15-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jarom 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 84 384
Gen. 13 5 18
Ex. 25 2 27
Lev. 20 0 20
Num. 25 2 27
Deut. 40 2 42
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 3 0 3
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 5 7
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 12 1 13
2 Kgs. 5 5 10
1 Chr. 8 4 12
2 Chr. 14 2 16
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 3 5 8
Esth. 3 4 7
Job 2 2 4
Ps. 51 7 58
Prov. 21 17 38
Eccl. 5 2 7
Song. 1 3 4
Isa. 10 4 14
Jer. 4 4 8
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 7 5 12
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 2 0 2
Hab. 1 1 2
Zech. 6 0 6
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 62 23 85
BM 154 29 183
DC 61 21 82
PGP 13 4 17
TOTAL 590 161 751

Ps. 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Ps. 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Ps. 19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Ps. 19:13
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Ps. 22:29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Ps. 25:10
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Ps. 25:20
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Ps. 31:20
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Ps. 33:19
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Ps. 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 34:20
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Ps. 35:22
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Ps. 37:34
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Ps. 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Ps. 41:2
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Ps. 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Ps. 78:7
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Ps. 83:1
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Ps. 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Ps. 89:28
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Ps. 89:31
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Ps. 91:11
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Ps. 103:9
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Ps. 103:18
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Ps. 105:45
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 106:3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Ps. 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. 119:2
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Ps. 119:4
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

Ps. 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Ps. 119:8
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

Ps. 119:17
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Ps. 119:33
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Ps. 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:44
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

Ps. 119:57
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.

Ps. 119:60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Ps. 119:63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:88
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

Ps. 119:100
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Ps. 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Ps. 119:129
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Ps. 119:134
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Ps. 119:145
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

Ps. 119:146
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Ps. 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Ps. 121:4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Ps. 121:5
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Ps. 127:1
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Ps. 132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

Ps. 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps. 141:3
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Ps. 141:9
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

Ps. 146:6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: