Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'command' occurs 215 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'command' in the standard works and contain 19.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 19 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 28:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 39:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 44:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:55 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 14:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 61:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 56:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 658 745
NT 17 158 175
BM 62 467 529
DC 45 334 379
PGP 4 42 46
TOTAL 215 1659 1874

D&C 5:21
And now I command you, my servant Joseph, to repent and walk more uprightly before me, and to yield to the persuasions of men no more;

D&C 5:26
And I the Lord command him, my servant Martin Harris, that he shall say no more unto them concerning these things, except he shall say: I have seen them, and they have been shown unto me by the power of God; and these are the words which he shall say.

D&C 5:29
And if this be the case, I command you, my servant Joseph, that you shall say unto him, that he shall do no more, nor trouble me any more concerning this matter.

D&C 5:30
And if this be the case, behold, I say unto thee Joseph, when thou hast translated a few more pages thou shalt stop for a season, even until I command thee again; then thou mayest translate again.

D&C 5:34
Yea, for this cause I have said: Stop, and stand still until I command thee, and I will provide means whereby thou mayest accomplish the thing which I have commanded thee.

D&C 6:27
And now I command you, that if you have good desires-- a desire to lay up treasures for yourself in heaven-- then shall you assist in bringing to light, with your gift, those parts of my scriptures which have been hidden because of iniquity.

D&C 11:15
Behold, I command you that you need not suppose that you are called to preach until you are called.

D&C 18:9
And now, Oliver Cowdery, I speak unto you, and also unto David Whitmer, by the way of commandment; for, behold, I command all men everywhere to repent, and I speak unto you, even as unto Paul mine apostle, for you are called even with that same calling with which he was called.

D&C 19:13
Wherefore, I command you to repent, and keep the commandments which you have received by the hand of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., in my name;

D&C 19:15
Therefore I command you to repent-- repent, lest I smite you by the rod of my mouth, and by my wrath, and by my anger, and your sufferings be sore-- how sore you know not, how exquisite you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know not.

D&C 19:20
Wherefore, I command you again to repent, lest I humble you with my almighty power; and that you confess your sins, lest you suffer these punishments of which I have spoken, of which in the smallest, yea, even in the least degree you have tasted at the time I withdrew my Spirit.

D&C 19:21
And I command you that you preach naught but repentance, and show not these things unto the world until it is wisdom in me.

D&C 19:25
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; nor seek thy neighbor's life.

D&C 19:26
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property, but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth and the word of God--

D&C 19:28
And again, I command thee that thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret, in public as well as in private.

D&C 24:13
Require not miracles, except I shall command you, except casting out devils, healing the sick, and against poisonous serpents, and against deadly poisons;

D&C 24:16
And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall lay their hands upon you by violence, ye shall command to be smitten in my name; and, behold, I will smite them according to your words, in mine own due time.

D&C 28:6
And thou shalt not command him who is at thy head, and at the head of the church;

D&C 29:6
And, as it is written-- Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.

D&C 30:10
And your labor shall be at your brother Philip Burroughs', and in that region round about, yea, wherever you can be heard, until I command you to go from hence.

D&C 38:12
Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity is pained, and the angels are waiting the great command to reap down the earth, to gather the tares that they may be burned; and, behold, the enemy is combined.

D&C 51:16
And I consecrate unto them this land for a little season, until I, the Lord, shall provide for them otherwise, and command them to go hence;

D&C 56:3
Behold, I, the Lord, command; and he that will not obey shall be cut off in mine own due time, after I have commanded and the commandment is broken.

D&C 56:4
Wherefore I, the Lord, command and revoke, as it seemeth me good; and all this to be answered upon the heads of the rebellious, saith the Lord.

D&C 58:26
For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.

D&C 58:32
I command and men obey not; I revoke and they receive not the blessing.

D&C 61:27
Nevertheless, unto whom is given power to command the waters, unto him it is given by the Spirit to know all his ways;

D&C 63:39
Let my servant Titus Billings, who has the care thereof, dispose of the land, that he may be prepared in the coming spring to take his journey up unto the land of Zion, with those that dwell upon the face thereof, excepting those whom I shall reserve unto myself, that shall not go until I shall command them.

D&C 94:10
And again, verily I say unto you, the second lot on the south shall be dedicated unto me for the building of a house unto me, for the work of the printing of the translation of my scriptures, and all things whatsoever I shall command you.

D&C 94:12
And this house shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation thereof, for the work of the printing, in all things whatsoever I shall command you, to be holy, undefiled, according to the pattern in all things as it shall be given unto you.

D&C 95:9
For this is the promise of the Father unto you; therefore I command you to tarry, even as mine apostles at Jerusalem.

D&C 97:8
Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice-- yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command-- they are accepted of me.

D&C 98:4
And now, verily I say unto you concerning the laws of the land, it is my will that my people should observe to do all things whatsoever I command them.

D&C 98:22
And again I say unto you, if ye observe to do whatsoever I command you, I, the Lord, will turn away all wrath and indignation from you, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.

D&C 104:20
Let my servant Sidney Rigdon have appointed unto him the place where he now resides, and the lot of the tannery for his stewardship, for his support while he is laboring in my vineyard, even as I will, when I shall command him.

D&C 109:4
And now we ask thee, Holy Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of thy bosom, in whose name alone salvation can be administered to the children of men, we ask thee, O Lord, to accept of this house, the workmanship of the hands of us, thy servants, which thou didst command us to build.

D&C 113:7
Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion-- and what people had Isaiah reference to?

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 117:2
Let them awake, and arise, and come forth, and not tarry, for I, the Lord, command it.

D&C 124:31
But I command you, all ye my saints, to build a house unto me; and I grant unto you a sufficient time to build a house unto me; and during this time your baptisms shall be acceptable unto me.

D&C 124:55
And again, verily I say unto you, I command you again to build a house to my name, even in this place, that you may prove yourselves unto me that ye are faithful in all things whatsoever I command you, that I may bless you, and crown you with honor, immortality, and eternal life.

D&C 126:3
I therefore command you to send my word abroad, and take especial care of your family from this time, henceforth and forever. Amen.

D&C 132:54
And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.

D&C 133:23
He shall command the great deep, and it shall be driven back into the north countries, and the islands shall become one land;