Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'families' occurs 220 times in the standard works.

118 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'families' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 54 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 26:34-44 (11 in 11 verses)

Num. 4:36-42 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 4:40-46 (7 in 7 verses)

Num. 3:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 1:41-2:1 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 75:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 26:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 21:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 16:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 36:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 21:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 1:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 90:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 13:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:62-63 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:103-104 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:71-72 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 174 0 174
NT 0 0 0
BM 20 0 20
1 Ne. 7 0 7
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 2 0 2
3 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 8 0 8
DC 23 0 23
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 220 0 220

1 Ne. 7:6
And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the wilderness, behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael, and the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us; yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam, and their father, Ishmael, and his wife, and his three other daughters.

1 Ne. 16:14
And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows, and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families; and after we had slain food for our families we did return again to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. And we did go forth again in the wilderness, following the same direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness, which were in the borders near the Red Sea.

1 Ne. 16:17
And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we did pitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again rest ourselves and obtain food for our families.

1 Ne. 16:19
And it came to pass that we did return without food to our families, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying, they did suffer much for the want of food.

1 Ne. 16:31
And it came to pass that I did slay wild beasts, insomuch that I did obtain food for our families.

Mosiah 6:3
And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses.

Mosiah 18:34
And it came to pass that Alma and the people of the Lord were apprised of the coming of the king's army; therefore they took their tents and their families and departed into the wilderness.

Alma 43:47
And again, the Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed. Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending with the Lamanites, to defend themselves, and their families, and their lands, their country, and their rights, and their religion.

3 Ne. 18:21
Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed.

Ether 1:33
Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth; and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

Ether 1:37
And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also, that they were not confounded.

Ether 1:41
Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind; and also of the seed of the earth of every kind; and thy families; and also Jared thy brother and his family; and also thy friends and their families, and the friends of Jared and their families.

Ether 2:1
And it came to pass that Jared and his brother, and their families, and also the friends of Jared and his brother and their families, went down into the valley which was northward, (and the name of the valley was Nimrod, being called after the mighty hunter) with their flocks which they had gathered together, male and female, of every kind.