Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bless' occurs 189 times in the standard works.

45 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bless' in the standard works and contain 23.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 2:9-11 (5 in 3 verses)

Ps. 103:20-104:1 (5 in 4 verses)

Ps. 115:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 135:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 12:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 103:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ps. 134:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 17:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:35 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 67:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 145:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 117 293 410
NT 10 102 112
Matt. 1 18 19
Mark 0 7 7
Luke 1 29 30
John 0 2 2
Acts 1 2 3
Rom. 2 7 9
1 Cor. 3 1 4
2 Cor. 0 2 2
Gal. 0 4 4
Eph. 0 3 3
1 Tim. 0 2 2
Titus 0 1 1
Heb. 1 8 9
James 1 3 4
1 Pet. 0 3 3
Rev. 0 10 10
BM 32 173 205
DC 22 157 179
PGP 8 26 34
TOTAL 189 751 940

Gal. 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Gal. 3:9
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Gal. 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Gal. 4:15
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.