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)

 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

 19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.




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

Matt. 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Matt. 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Matt. 19:10
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Matt. 22:24
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Matt. 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Matt. 24:38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,