Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'father' occurs 1921 times in the standard works.

1095 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'father' in the standard works and contain 57% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 471 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 11:25-36 (17 in 12 verses)

Gen. 27:30-41 (14 in 12 verses)

John 14:6-16 (13 in 11 verses)

Judg. 18:29-19:9 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 16:3-14 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:11 (12 in 12 verses)

Gen. 19:31-38 (11 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 2:42-52 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-35 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 27:7-17 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-11 (11 in 11 verses)

Ether 8:2-12 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 19:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

John 8:38-44 (9 in 7 verses)

Lev. 18:7-14 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 44:17-25 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 44:19-27 (9 in 9 verses)

John 5:17-23 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 4:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 10:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 1:11-18 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 15:13-20 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 21:26-29 (7 in 4 verses)

Luke 15:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 15:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Gen. 44:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

Judg. 14:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 8:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 50:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 20:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

John 16:23-28 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 31:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 4:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 10:21-22 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 30:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:41-43 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

John 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Moro. 4:2-5:2 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 20:76-79 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 36:43-37:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 18:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 27:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

John 6:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

John 14:28-15:1 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 4:38-5:4 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 17:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 2:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 9:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:6 (4 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 19:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 20:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 15:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 26:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 16:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 6:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

John 15:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 7:21-8:2 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 8:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 138:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:55-58 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:34 (3 in 1 verse)

John 20:17 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

John 5:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 46:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 27:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 20:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 17:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 15:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 4:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 10:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:49-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

John 15:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

John 16:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 76:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 137:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 30:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:27 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:57 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:74 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:66 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:48-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:40-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:48-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 757 533 1290
NT 369 61 430
BM 558 188 746
DC 176 47 223
PGP 61 19 80
Moses 26 6 32
Abr. 15 11 26
JS-M 1 0 1
JS-H 18 2 20
A of F 1 0 1
TOTAL 1921 848 2769

JS-H 1:3
I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor county, State of Vermont ... My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the State of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts. In about four years after my father's arrival in Palmyra, he moved with his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario--

JS-H 1:4
His family consisting of eleven souls, namely, my father, Joseph Smith; my mother, Lucy Smith (whose name, previous to her marriage, was Mack, daughter of Solomon Mack); my brothers, Alvin (who died November 19th, 1823, in the 26th year of his age), Hyrum, myself, Samuel Harrison, William, Don Carlos; and my sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, and Lucy.

JS-H 1:7
I was at this time in my fifteenth year. My father's family was proselyted to the Presbyterian faith, and four of them joined that church, namely, my mother, Lucy; my brothers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison; and my sister Sophronia.

JS-H 1:39
He also quoted the next verse differently: And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.

JS-H 1:46
By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at what I had both seen and heard. But what was my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; otherwise I could not get them.

JS-H 1:48
I shortly after arose from my bed, and, as usual, went to the necessary labors of the day; but, in attempting to work as at other times, I found my strength so exhausted as to render me entirely unable. My father, who was laboring along with me, discovered something to be wrong with me, and told me to go home. I started with the intention of going to the house; but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the ground, and for a time was quite unconscious of anything.

JS-H 1:49
The first thing that I can recollect was a voice speaking unto me, calling me by name. I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing over my head, surrounded by light as before. He then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my father and tell him of the vision and commandments which I had received.

JS-H 1:50
I obeyed; I returned to my father in the field, and rehearsed the whole matter to him. He replied to me that it was of God, and told me to go and do as commanded by the messenger. I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant that I arrived there.

JS-H 1:55
As my father's worldly circumstances were very limited, we were under the necessity of laboring with our hands, hiring out by day's work and otherwise, as we could get opportunity. Sometimes we were at home, and sometimes abroad, and by continuous labor were enabled to get a comfortable maintenance.

JS-H 1:56
In the year 1823 my father's family met with a great affliction by the death of my eldest brother, Alvin. In the month of October, 1825, I hired with an old gentleman by the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in Chenango county, State of New York. He had heard something of a silver mine having been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna county, State of Pennsylvania; and had, previous to my hiring to him, been digging, in order, if possible, to discover the mine. After I went to live with him, he took me, with the rest of his hands, to dig for the silver mine, at which I continued to work for nearly a month, without success in our undertaking, and finally I prevailed with the old gentleman to cease digging after it. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having been a money-digger.

JS-H 1:58
Owing to my continuing to assert that I had seen a vision, persecution still followed me, and my wife's father's family were very much opposed to our being married. I was, therefore, under the necessity of taking her elsewhere; so we went and were married at the house of Squire Tarbill, in South Bainbridge, Chenango county, New York. Immediately after my marriage, I left Mr. Stoal's, and went to my father's, and farmed with him that season.

JS-H 1:61
The excitement, however, still continued, and rumor with her thousand tongues was all the time employed in circulating falsehoods about my father's family, and about myself. If I were to relate a thousandth part of them, it would fill up volumes. The persecution, however, became so intolerable that I was under the necessity of leaving Manchester, and going with my wife to Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania. While preparing to start-- being very poor, and the persecution so heavy upon us that there was no probability that we would ever be otherwise-- in the midst of our afflictions we found a friend in a gentleman by the name of Martin Harris, who came to us and gave me fifty dollars to assist us on our journey. Mr. Harris was a resident of Palmyra township, Wayne county, in the State of New York, and a farmer of respectability.

JS-H 1:62
By this timely aid was I enabled to reach the place of my destination in Pennsylvania; and immediately after my arrival there I commenced copying the characters off the plates. I copied a considerable number of them, and by means of the Urim and Thummim I translated some of them, which I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife's father, in the month of December, and the February following.

JS-H 1:66
On the 5th day of April, 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to my house, until which time I had never seen him. He stated to me that having been teaching school in the neighborhood where my father resided, and my father being one of those who sent to the school, he went to board for a season at his house, and while there the family related to him the circumstances of my having received the plates, and accordingly he had come to make inquiries of me.

JS-H 1:73
Immediately on our coming up out of the water after we had been baptized, we experienced great and glorious blessings from our Heavenly Father. No sooner had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell upon him, and he stood up and prophesied many things which should shortly come to pass. And again, so soon as I had been baptized by him, I also had the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning the rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church, and this generation of the children of men. We were filled with the Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.

JS-H 1:75
We had been threatened with being mobbed, from time to time, and this, too, by professors of religion. And their intentions of mobbing us were only counteracted by the influence of my wife's father's family (under Divine providence), who had become very friendly to me, and who were opposed to mobs, and were willing that I should be allowed to continue the work of translation without interruption; and therefore offered and promised us protection from all unlawful proceedings, as far as in them lay.