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

Heb. 6:7
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

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

Heb. 7:1
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Heb. 7:6
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Heb. 7:7
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

Heb. 11:20
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

Heb. 11:21
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

Heb. 12:17
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.