Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jacob' occurs 492 times in the standard works.

233 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jacob' in the standard works and contain 47.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 106 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 25:26-34 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 34:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 35:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 46:2-8 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 29:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Gen. 47:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 30:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 31:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 5:21-25 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 28:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 46:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 32:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 32:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 27:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:40-42 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 23:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 43:28-44:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 47:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 30:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 33:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 5:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:46-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 32:32-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 2:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:14-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 350 0 350
NT 27 0 27
BM 99 5 104
1 Ne. 13 0 13
2 Ne. 24 0 24
Jacob 20 1 21
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 14 0 14
Hel. 1 0 1
3 Ne. 19 1 20
4 Ne. 1 2 3
Morm. 4 1 5
DC 16 1 17
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 492 6 498

2 Ne. 2:1
And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my firstborn in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness. And behold, in thy childhood thou hast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because of the rudeness of thy brethren.

2 Ne. 2:2
Nevertheless, Jacob, my firstborn in the wilderness, thou knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.

2 Ne. 5:6
Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

2 Ne. 5:26
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.

2 Ne. 6:1
The words of Jacob, the brother of Nephi, which he spake unto the people of Nephi:

2 Ne. 6:2
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

2 Ne. 6:8
And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words. For behold, the Lord has shown me that those who were at Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away captive.

2 Ne. 6:18
And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

2 Ne. 10:1
And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

2 Ne. 11:1
And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at that time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written, for the things which I have written sufficeth me.

2 Ne. 11:3
And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to prove unto them that my words are true. Wherefore, by the words of three, God hath said, I will establish my word. Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.

2 Ne. 12:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

2 Ne. 12:5
O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.

2 Ne. 12:6
Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

2 Ne. 18:17
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

2 Ne. 19:8
The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel.

2 Ne. 20:20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

2 Ne. 20:21
The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

2 Ne. 24:1
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2 Ne. 27:33
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

2 Ne. 27:34
But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

2 Ne. 31:1
And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which I know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of the words of my brother Jacob.