Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blessing' occurs 124 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blessing' in the standard works and contain 21.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 1:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:35-38 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 34:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 54 11 65
Gen. 13 5 18
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 13 1 14
Josh. 1 1 2
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 5 1 6
Prov. 4 2 6
Isa. 3 0 3
Ezek. 3 0 3
Joel 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 1 2
NT 13 1 14
BM 18 16 34
DC 38 49 87
PGP 1 6 7
TOTAL 124 83 207

Deut. 11:26
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Deut. 11:27
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:

Deut. 11:29
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

Deut. 12:15
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Deut. 16:17
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

Deut. 23:5
Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

Deut. 28:2
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Deut. 28:8
The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Deut. 30:1
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,

Deut. 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Deut. 33:1
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Deut. 33:7
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Deut. 33:16
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

Deut. 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.