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

Josh. 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

Josh. 22:16
Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?

Josh. 22:20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

Josh. 22:31
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.