Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'commit' occurs 127 times in the standard works.

38 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'commit' in the standard works and contain 29.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 13 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hosea 4:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 132:59-62 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 2:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

James 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 77 126
Gen. 0 2 2
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 8 7 15
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 2 2 4
Josh. 1 3 4
Judg. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 0 3 3
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 1 2 3
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 2 2 4
Prov. 2 1 3
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 5 16 21
Ezek. 10 30 40
Dan. 0 1 1
Hosea 7 4 11
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 26 37 63
BM 35 29 64
DC 16 23 39
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 127 166 293

Jer. 7:9
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Jer. 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Jer. 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Jer. 37:21
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jer. 44:7
Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;