Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blessings' occurs 83 times in the standard works.

25 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blessings' in the standard works and contain 30.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 49:25-26 (5 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 97:28 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:42 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)


Alma 26:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 26:1 And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which say thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we started from the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?

 26:2 And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?




D&C 78:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 11 0 11
NT 1 0 1
BM 16 0 16
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 2 0 2
Alma 8 0 8
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 1 0 1
DC 49 0 49
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 83 0 83

Alma 9:23
And now behold I say unto you, that if this people, who have received so many blessings from the hand of the Lord, should transgress contrary to the light and knowledge which they do have, I say unto you that if this be the case, that if they should fall into transgression, it would be far more tolerable for the Lamanites than for them.

Alma 16:21
And now after the church had been established throughout all the land-- having got the victory over the devil, and the word of God being preached in its purity in all the land, and the Lord pouring out his blessings upon the people-- thus ended the fourteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

Alma 26:1
And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which say thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we started from the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?

Alma 26:2
And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?

Alma 34:38
That ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it, and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit and in truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.

Alma 46:13
And he fastened on his head-plate, and his breastplate, and his shields, and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he called it the title of liberty) and he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land--

Alma 48:12
Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.

Alma 60:25
And except ye grant mine epistle, and come out and show unto me a true spirit of freedom, and strive to strengthen and fortify our armies, and grant unto them food for their support, behold I will leave a part of my freemen to maintain this part of our land, and I will leave the strength and the blessings of God upon them, that none other power can operate against them--