Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'marry' occurs 30 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'marry' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

D&C 132:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 1 6
NT 17 1 18
Matt. 5 1 6
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 2 0 2
1 Cor. 5 0 5
1 Tim. 3 0 3
BM 1 0 1
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 30 4 34

1 Tim. 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

1 Tim. 5:11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

1 Tim. 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.