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

3 Ne. 4:30
And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection.

3 Ne. 5:21
Surely he hath blessed the house of Jacob, and hath been merciful unto the seed of Joseph.

3 Ne. 5:24
And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob, who are scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth.

3 Ne. 5:25
And as he hath covenanted with all the house of Jacob, even so shall the covenant wherewith he hath covenanted with the house of Jacob be fulfilled in his own due time, unto the restoring all the house of Jacob unto the knowledge of the covenant that he hath covenanted with them.

3 Ne. 7:9
Now this secret combination, which had brought so great iniquity upon the people, did gather themselves together, and did place at their head a man whom they did call Jacob;

3 Ne. 7:12
Therefore, Jacob seeing that their enemies were more numerous than they, he being the king of the band, therefore he commanded his people that they should take their flight into the northernmost part of the land, and there build up unto themselves a kingdom, until they were joined by dissenters, (for he flattered them that there would be many dissenters) and they become sufficiently strong to contend with the tribes of the people; and they did so.

3 Ne. 9:8
And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I caused to be sunk, and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them.

3 Ne. 9:9
And behold, that great city Jacobugath, which was inhabited by the people of king Jacob, have I caused to be burned with fire because of their sins and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth, because of their secret murders and combinations; for it was they that did destroy the peace of my people and the government of the land; therefore I did cause them to be burned, to destroy them from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up unto me any more against them.

3 Ne. 10:4
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who are descendants of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft have I gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you.

3 Ne. 10:17
Behold, our father Jacob also testified concerning a remnant of the seed of Joseph. And behold, are not we a remnant of the seed of Joseph? And these things which testify of us, are they not written upon the plates of brass which our father Lehi brought out of Jerusalem?

3 Ne. 20:16
Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 20:22
And behold, this people will I establish in this land, unto the fulfilling of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and it shall be a New Jerusalem. And the powers of heaven shall be in the midst of this people; yea, even I will be in the midst of you.

3 Ne. 21:2
And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign-- for verily I say unto you that when these things which I declare unto you, and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power of the Holy Ghost which shall be given unto you of the Father, shall be made known unto the Gentiles that they may know concerning this people who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them;

3 Ne. 21:12
And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

3 Ne. 21:22
But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance;

3 Ne. 21:23
And they shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem.

3 Ne. 24:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.