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.

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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
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 0 1
NT 17 1 18
BM 1 0 1
DC 7 0 7
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 30 4 34

Gen. 38:8
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Num. 36:6
This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Deut. 25:5
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

Isa. 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.