Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'follow' occurs 133 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'follow' in the standard works and contain 15.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 31:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

John 13:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

John 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 35 88 123
NT 51 87 138
BM 32 20 52
1 Ne. 6 4 10
2 Ne. 6 3 9
Mosiah 1 2 3
Alma 11 4 15
Hel. 1 3 4
3 Ne. 2 1 3
Morm. 1 1 2
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 2 2 4
DC 14 13 27
PGP 1 7 8
TOTAL 133 215 348

2 Ne. 8:1
Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.

2 Ne. 15:11
Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame them!

2 Ne. 28:14
They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they do err because they are taught by the precepts of men.

2 Ne. 31:10
And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Ne. 31:12
And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.

2 Ne. 31:13
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism-- yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

2 Ne. 31:16
And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.