Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'precept' occurs 19 times in the standard works.

16 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'precept' in the standard works and contain 84.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 28:10-13 (8 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 28:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:12 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 24 33
NT 2 0 2
BM 4 6 10
2 Ne. 4 6 10
DC 4 2 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 32 51

2 Ne. 28:5
And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men;

2 Ne. 28:6
Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.

2 Ne. 28:30
For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.