Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'loved' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'loved' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 20:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.




Ps. 119:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 56 54 110
Gen. 9 0 9
Deut. 4 4 8
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 6 3 9
Prov. 0 1 1
Song. 0 34 34
Isa. 2 4 6
Jer. 4 2 6
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 0 3 3
Hosea 3 2 5
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 42 67 109
BM 10 101 111
DC 4 6 10
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 115 231 346

Gen. 24:67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Gen. 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Gen. 27:14
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

Gen. 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Gen. 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Gen. 34:3
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Gen. 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Gen. 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.