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

Mal. 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Mal. 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Mal. 3:12
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.