Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'loved' occurs 115 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'loved' in the standard works and contain 20% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 20:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:2 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:28 (2 in 1 verse)

John 13:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 17:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 47:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 56 54 110
Gen. 9 0 9
Deut. 4 4 8
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 6 3 9
Prov. 0 1 1
Song. 0 34 34
Isa. 2 4 6
Jer. 4 2 6
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 0 3 3
Hosea 3 2 5
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 42 67 109
BM 10 101 111
DC 4 6 10
PGP 3 3 6
TOTAL 115 231 346

Deut. 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Deut. 21:16
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

Deut. 33:12
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

Neh. 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Ps. 60:5
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

Ps. 108:6
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Ps. 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Prov. 4:3
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Song. 1:13
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

Song. 1:14
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.

Song. 1:16
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

Song. 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Song. 2:8
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

Song. 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

Song. 2:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song. 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

Song. 2:17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Song. 4:16
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

Song. 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

Song. 5:2
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

Song. 5:4
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

Song. 5:5
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

Song. 5:6
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Song. 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

Song. 5:9
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

Song. 5:10
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

Song. 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song. 6:1
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

Song. 6:2
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Song. 6:3
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

Song. 7:9
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Song. 7:10
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

Song. 7:11
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

Song. 7:13
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Song. 8:5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Song. 8:14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Isa. 5:1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Isa. 57:8
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Jer. 11:15
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

Jer. 12:7
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

Dan. 9:23
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

Dan. 10:11
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Dan. 10:19
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

Hosea 3:1
Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.