Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'beloved' occurs 223 times in the standard works.

84 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'beloved' in the standard works and contain 37.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 36 minutes to read the entire list.

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Song. 5:4-6:3 (16 in 16 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 15:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 21:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Song. 2:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Song. 4:16-5:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Song. 7:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 9:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 27:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 60:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Philem. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Pet. 3:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)


Moro. 7:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:39 But behold, my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you, for I judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness; for if ye have not faith in him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church.

 7:40 And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?




Moro. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 50 3 53
NT 63 3 66
BM 101 0 101
2 Ne. 34 0 34
Jacob 9 0 9
Omni 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 32 0 32
Hel. 2 0 2
3 Ne. 3 0 3
Morm. 3 0 3
Moro. 16 0 16
DC 6 0 6
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 223 6 229

Moro. 7:2
And now I, Mormon, speak unto you, my beloved brethren; and it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, and his holy will, because of the gift of his calling unto me, that I am permitted to speak unto you at this time.

Moro. 7:14
Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil.

Moro. 7:27
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the right hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men?

Moro. 7:29
And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men.

Moro. 7:35
And now, my beloved brethren, if this be the case that these things are true which I have spoken unto you, and God will show unto you, with power and great glory at the last day, that they are true, and if they are true has the day of miracles ceased?

Moro. 7:39
But behold, my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you, for I judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness; for if ye have not faith in him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church.

Moro. 7:40
And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?

Moro. 7:46
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail--

Moro. 7:48
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.

Moro. 8:2
My beloved son, Moroni, I rejoice exceedingly that your Lord Jesus Christ hath been mindful of you, and hath called you to his ministry, and to his holy work.

Moro. 8:9
And after this manner did the Holy Ghost manifest the word of God unto me; wherefore, my beloved son, I know that it is solemn mockery before God, that ye should baptize little children.

Moro. 9:1
My beloved son, I write unto you again that ye may know that I am yet alive; but I write somewhat of that which is grievous.

Moro. 9:6
And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God.

Moro. 9:11
O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are without civilization--

Moro. 10:18
And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every good gift cometh of Christ.

Moro. 10:19
And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all these gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away, even as long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men.