Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'love' occurs 410 times in the standard works.

141 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'love' in the standard works and contain 34.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 55 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Jn. 4:7-5:3 (22 in 18 verses)

Luke 6:32-35 (5 in 4 verses)

John 15:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 112:11 (4 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:16-17 (4 in 2 verses)

Song. 1:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 13:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Song. 8:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 5:43-46 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 12:30-33 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 26:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Hosea 3:1 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 2:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:7 (3 in 1 verse)

John 13:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

John 14:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

John 21:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 12:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Titus 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 95:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 109:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 12:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 6:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 59:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 131 186 317
Gen. 3 12 15
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 2 3 5
Deut. 16 11 27
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 2 4
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 10 11
2 Sam. 4 5 9
1 Kgs. 1 4 5
2 Chr. 1 4 5
Neh. 1 1 2
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 23 23 46
Prov. 16 16 32
Eccl. 3 3 6
Song. 26 41 67
Isa. 5 7 12
Jer. 4 11 15
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 4 8 12
Dan. 2 3 5
Hosea 7 13 20
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 2 0 2
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 0 4 4
NT 180 148 328
BM 57 118 175
DC 38 16 54
PGP 4 7 11
TOTAL 410 475 885

Isa. 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isa. 5:1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Isa. 43:4
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

Isa. 48:14
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

Isa. 57:8
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.