Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'loved' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'loved' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 20:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 56 54 110
NT 42 67 109
BM 10 101 111
1 Ne. 2 0 2
2 Ne. 0 34 34
Jacob 1 9 10
Jarom 1 0 1
Omni 0 1 1
Mosiah 0 1 1
Alma 3 32 35
Hel. 1 2 3
3 Ne. 0 3 3
Morm. 1 3 4
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 0 16 16
DC 4 6 10
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 115 231 346

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.

1 Ne. 20:14
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea, and he will fulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans.

Jacob 1:10
The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been a great protector for them, having wielded the sword of Laban in their defence, and having labored in all his days for their welfare--

Jarom 1:6
And they were scattered upon much of the face of the land, and the Lamanites also. And they were exceedingly more numerous than were they of the Nephites; and they loved murder and would drink the blood of beasts.

Alma 1:16
Nevertheless, this did not put an end to the spreading of priestcraft through the land; for there were many who loved the vain things of the world, and they went forth preaching false doctrines; and this they did for the sake of riches and honor.

Alma 47:27
And it came to pass that Amalickiah commanded that his armies should march forth and see what had happened to the king; and when they had come to the spot, and found the king lying in his gore, Amalickiah pretended to be wroth, and said: Whosoever loved the king, let him go forth, and pursue his servants that they may be slain.

Alma 47:28
And it came to pass that all they who loved the king, when they heard these words, came forth and pursued after the servants of the king.

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.

Morm. 3:12
Behold, I had led them, notwithstanding their wickedness I had led them many times to battle, and had loved them, according to the love of God which was in me, with all my heart; and my soul had been poured out in prayer unto my God all the day long for them; nevertheless, it was without faith, because of the hardness of their hearts.

Ether 12:33
And again, I remember that thou hast said that thou hast loved the world, even unto the laying down of thy life for the world, that thou mightest take it again to prepare a place for the children of men.