Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bless' occurs 189 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bless' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 2:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

Ps. 103:20-104:1 (5 in 4 verses)

Ps. 115:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 135:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 134:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 67:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 117 293 410
NT 10 102 112
Matt. 1 18 19
Mark 0 7 7
Luke 1 29 30
John 0 2 2
Acts 1 2 3
Rom. 2 7 9
1 Cor. 3 1 4
2 Cor. 0 2 2
Gal. 0 4 4
Eph. 0 3 3
1 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 0 1 1
Heb. 1 8 9
James 1 3 4
1 Pet. 0 3 3
Rev. 0 10 10
BM 32 173 205
DC 22 157 179
PGP 8 26 34
TOTAL 189 751 940

Matt. 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Luke 6:28
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Acts 3:26
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Rom. 12:14
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

1 Cor. 4:12
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

1 Cor. 10:16
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

1 Cor. 14:16
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

Heb. 6:14
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

James 3:9
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.