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
Gen. 22 67 89
Ex. 3 4 7
Lev. 0 3 3
Num. 6 8 14
Deut. 21 31 52
Josh. 1 8 9
Judg. 1 5 6
Ruth 1 4 5
1 Sam. 1 9 10
2 Sam. 4 10 14
1 Kgs. 1 9 10
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 5 9 14
2 Chr. 0 8 8
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 1 5 6
Job 0 6 6
Ps. 44 58 102
Prov. 1 16 17
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 2 12 14
Jer. 2 2 4
Ezek. 0 4 4
Dan. 0 5 5
Joel 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 2 2
Mal. 0 3 3
NT 10 102 112
BM 32 173 205
DC 22 157 179
PGP 8 26 34
TOTAL 189 751 940

Lev. 9:22
And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

Lev. 9:23
And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people.

Lev. 25:21
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.