Duty
See also Obedience, Obedient, Obey
In the scriptures, a task, assignment, or responsibility, often given by the Lord or his servants.
- Keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man:Eccl. 12:13;
- What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly:Micah 6:8;
- We ought to obey God rather than men:Acts 5:29;
- They were smitten with afflictions to stir them up in remembrance of their duty:Mosiah 1:17;
- The duties of the elders, priests, teachers, and deacons are described:D&C 20:38–67;
- Priesthood holders are to attend to all family duties:D&C 20:47, 51;
- The duties of members after baptism are described:D&C 20:68–69;
- My elders should wait for a little season that my people may know more perfectly concerning their duty:D&C 105:10;
- Let every man learn his duty:D&C 107:99–100;

