Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'loveth' occurs 74 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'loveth' in the standard works and contain 36.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Jn. 4:20-5:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Song. 3:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Prov. 17:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:37 (2 in 1 verse)

John 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
NT 27 0 27
BM 6 0 6
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Alma 2 0 2
Hel. 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 74 0 74

1 Ne. 11:17
And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.

1 Ne. 17:40
And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he remembered the covenants which he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of Egypt.

2 Ne. 26:24
He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.

Alma 24:14
And the great God has had mercy on us, and made these things known unto us that we might not perish; yea, and he has made these things known unto us beforehand, because he loveth our souls as well as he loveth our children; therefore, in his mercy he doth visit us by his angels, that the plan of salvation might be made known unto us as well as unto future generations.

Hel. 15:3
Yea, wo unto this people who are called the people of Nephi except they shall repent, when they shall see all these signs and wonders which shall be showed unto them; for behold, they have been a chosen people of the Lord; yea, the people of Nephi hath he loved, and also hath he chastened them; yea, in the days of their iniquities hath he chastened them because he loveth them.