Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'children' occurs 2337 times in the standard works.

1269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'children' in the standard works and contain 54.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 554 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 2:1-4:1 (101 in 84 verses)

Neh. 7:6-9:1 (92 in 87 verses)

Josh. 21:40-22:34 (43 in 40 verses)

Judg. 20:13-36 (25 in 24 verses)

Josh. 15:63-17:2 (16 in 13 verses)

Num. 8:6-20 (16 in 15 verses)

Judg. 10:6-18 (13 in 13 verses)

Moro. 8:8-20 (13 in 13 verses)

Num. 35:34-36:9 (12 in 10 verses)

Josh. 20:9-21:10 (12 in 11 verses)

D&C 98:28-37 (11 in 10 verses)

Num. 32:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 34:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 34:22-35:2 (10 in 10 verses)

Judg. 11:27-36 (10 in 10 verses)

Josh. 4:4-12 (9 in 9 verses)

Judg. 3:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 32:32-33:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 36:21-28 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 18:19-26 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 31:54-32:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Neh. 10:39-11:4 (7 in 5 verses)

Num. 10:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Josh. 4:21-5:3 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 98:46-47 (6 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:8-10 (6 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Moro. 7:27-32 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 32:30-32 (5 in 3 verses)

Josh. 13:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 19:30-20:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 6:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 3:38-42 (5 in 5 verses)


Deut. 32:49-33:1 (5 in 5 verses)

 32:49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

 32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

 32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.




Josh. 18:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 19:47-51 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 7:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 9:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 74:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Joel 1:3 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:64-65 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:62-64 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 78:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 13:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 13:31-14:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 19:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 25:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:25 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 21:2 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 17:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:25 (3 in 1 verse)

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