Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'marriage' occurs 29 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'marriage' in the standard works and contain 27.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 7:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

John 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 3 5
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Josh. 0 1 1
Ps. 1 0 1
NT 17 0 17
BM 1 0 1
DC 5 0 5
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 29 3 32

Gen. 34:9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

Ex. 21:10
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

Deut. 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Josh. 23:12
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

Ps. 78:63
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.