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
Matt. 3 20 23
Mark 1 19 20
Luke 3 15 18
John 2 12 14
Acts 3 34 37
Rom. 0 8 8
1 Cor. 1 5 6
2 Cor. 0 2 2
Eph. 0 2 2
Col. 0 2 2
1 Thes. 0 2 2
2 Thes. 3 1 4
1 Tim. 1 4 5
Titus 0 2 2
Heb. 0 6 6
2 Pet. 0 2 2
1 Jn. 0 14 14
2 Jn. 0 4 4
Rev. 0 4 4
BM 62 467 529
DC 45 334 379
PGP 4 42 46
TOTAL 215 1659 1874

Matt. 4:3
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Matt. 19:7
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Matt. 27:64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Mark 10:3
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

Luke 4:3
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

Luke 8:31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Luke 9:54
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

John 15:17
These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Acts 5:28
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

Acts 15:5
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts 16:18
And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

1 Cor. 7:10
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

2 Thes. 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

2 Thes. 3:6
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

2 Thes. 3:12
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

1 Tim. 4:11
These things command and teach.