Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'blessed' occurs 529 times in the standard works.

183 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'blessed' in the standard works and contain 34.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 76 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 12:1-11 (13 in 11 verses)

Matt. 5:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Alma 32:13-16 (7 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 26:15-19 (7 in 5 verses)

Deut. 28:3-6 (6 in 4 verses)

Ps. 72:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 6:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 14:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 25:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 19:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 45:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 6:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:46-48 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 49:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 5:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 29:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 118:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 1:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:20 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:79 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 24:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:55-56 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 32:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 84:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 112:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 119:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)


Luke 24:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

 24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.




Rom. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 34:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 63:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 66:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 217 0 217
NT 85 3 88
Matt. 18 0 18
Mark 7 0 7
Luke 28 0 28
John 2 0 2
Acts 2 0 2
Rom. 4 2 6
2 Cor. 2 0 2
Gal. 2 1 3
Eph. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 2 0 2
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 5 0 5
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 139 0 139
DC 69 0 69
PGP 19 0 19
TOTAL 529 3 532

Luke 1:28
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Luke 1:42
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Luke 1:45
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Luke 1:48
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Luke 2:28
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Luke 6:20
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:21
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Luke 6:22
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Luke 7:23
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Luke 9:16
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Luke 10:23
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

Luke 11:27
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 12:38
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Luke 12:43
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Luke 13:35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Luke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Luke 14:15
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Luke 19:38
Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Luke 24:30
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Luke 24:51
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.