Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'child' occurs 242 times in the standard works.

94 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'child' in the standard works and contain 38.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 40 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 12:14-22 (13 in 9 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:26-35 (11 in 10 verses)

Ex. 2:6-10 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 13:11 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 17:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 2:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Rev. 12:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 11:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 30:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 131:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 3:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 9:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 144 1670 1814
Gen. 17 64 81
Ex. 10 140 150
Lev. 3 63 66
Num. 1 263 264
Deut. 1 71 72
Josh. 0 192 192
Judg. 6 131 137
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 13 25 38
2 Sam. 15 29 44
1 Kgs. 18 33 51
2 Kgs. 16 36 52
1 Chr. 0 66 66
2 Chr. 0 53 53
Ezra 0 113 113
Neh. 0 114 114
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 2 14 16
Ps. 2 54 56
Prov. 7 13 20
Eccl. 5 2 7
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 14 38 52
Jer. 9 50 59
Lam. 1 9 10
Ezek. 0 32 32
Dan. 0 13 13
Hosea 2 18 20
Joel 0 11 11
Amos 1 7 8
Obad. 0 2 2
Micah 0 3 3
Nahum 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 3 3
Zech. 0 2 2
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 61 163 224
BM 34 351 385
DC 1 135 136
PGP 2 32 34
TOTAL 242 2351 2593

1 Sam. 1:2
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

1 Sam. 1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1 Sam. 1:22
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.

1 Sam. 1:24
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.

1 Sam. 1:25
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

1 Sam. 1:27
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

1 Sam. 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

1 Sam. 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.

1 Sam. 2:18
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

1 Sam. 2:21
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

1 Sam. 2:26
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.

1 Sam. 2:28
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

1 Sam. 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

1 Sam. 3:8
And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.

1 Sam. 4:19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

1 Sam. 4:21
And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

1 Sam. 7:4
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.

1 Sam. 7:6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

1 Sam. 7:7
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 7:8
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

1 Sam. 10:18
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:

1 Sam. 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

1 Sam. 11:8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

1 Sam. 12:2
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

1 Sam. 12:12
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.

1 Sam. 14:18
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

1 Sam. 14:47
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

1 Sam. 15:6
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

1 Sam. 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

1 Sam. 16:11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

1 Sam. 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 22:19
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

1 Sam. 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

1 Sam. 30:22
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.