Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'husband' occurs 141 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'husband' in the standard works and contain 46.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 30:6-14 (10 in 9 verses)

1 Cor. 7:10-16 (7 in 7 verses)

Rom. 7:2-3 (6 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

Deut. 25:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

John 4:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 24:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 74:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 87 16 103
NT 39 33 72
BM 6 10 16
DC 7 4 11
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 141 63 204

D&C 25:5
And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions, with consoling words, in the spirit of meekness.

D&C 25:9
And thou needest not fear, for thy husband shall support thee in the church; for unto them is his calling, that all things might be revealed unto them, whatsoever I will, according to their faith.

D&C 25:14
Continue in the spirit of meekness, and beware of pride. Let thy soul delight in thy husband, and the glory which shall come upon him.

D&C 74:1
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else were your children unclean, but now are they holy.

D&C 74:3
And it came to pass that there arose a great contention among the people concerning the law of circumcision, for the unbelieving husband was desirous that his children should be circumcised and become subject to the law of Moses, which law was fulfilled.

D&C 83:1
Verily, thus saith the Lord, in addition to the laws of the church concerning women and children, those who belong to the church, who have lost their husbands or fathers:

D&C 83:2
Women have claim on their husbands for their maintenance, until their husbands are taken; and if they are not found transgressors they shall have fellowship in the church.

D&C 123:9
Therefore it is an imperative duty that we owe, not only to our own wives and children, but to the widows and fatherless, whose husbands and fathers have been murdered under its iron hand;

D&C 132:43
And if her husband be with another woman, and he was under a vow, he hath broken his vow and hath committed adultery.