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)

 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

 2:13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.




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
Gen. 201 10 211
Ex. 26 16 42
Lev. 23 3 26
Num. 29 57 86
Deut. 20 61 81
Josh. 16 19 35
Judg. 49 10 59
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 51 5 56
2 Sam. 27 1 28
1 Kgs. 64 31 95
2 Kgs. 33 38 71
1 Chr. 61 44 105
2 Chr. 58 64 122
Ezra 1 15 16
Neh. 2 18 20
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 6 10 16
Ps. 5 22 27
Prov. 23 4 27
Isa. 16 10 26
Jer. 15 52 67
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 12 16 28
Dan. 6 9 15
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 1 2
Micah 1 1 2
Zech. 2 6 8
Mal. 3 5 8
NT 369 61 430
BM 558 188 746
DC 176 47 223
PGP 61 19 80
TOTAL 1921 848 2769

Josh. 1:6
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

Josh. 2:12
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

Josh. 2:13
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Josh. 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Josh. 4:6
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Josh. 4:21
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

Josh. 5:6
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Josh. 6:23
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

Josh. 6:25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Josh. 14:1
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

Josh. 15:13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

Josh. 15:18
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

Josh. 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Josh. 17:4
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

Josh. 18:3
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?

Josh. 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Josh. 19:51
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

Josh. 21:1
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Josh. 21:11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Josh. 21:43
And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Josh. 21:44
And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Josh. 22:14
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

Josh. 22:28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Josh. 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Josh. 24:3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

Josh. 24:6
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

Josh. 24:14
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

Josh. 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:17
For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

Josh. 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.