Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fathers' occurs 792 times in the standard works.

239 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fathers' in the standard works and contain 30.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 94 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 1:1-5 (8 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-35 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 36:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 37:43-46 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:24 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:47 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:44-45 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 27:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 15:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 24:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:31-27:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 16:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:38 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 23:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 490 1 491
Gen. 10 0 10
Ex. 14 0 14
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 57 0 57
Deut. 50 0 50
Josh. 19 0 19
Judg. 10 0 10
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 31 0 31
2 Kgs. 38 0 38
1 Chr. 44 0 44
2 Chr. 64 0 64
Ezra 15 0 15
Neh. 18 0 18
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 14 0 14
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 47 1 48
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 15 0 15
Dan. 9 0 9
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 59 1 60
BM 181 4 185
DC 43 1 44
PGP 19 0 19
TOTAL 792 7 799

Dan. 2:23
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

Dan. 9:6
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Dan. 9:8
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

Dan. 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

Dan. 11:24
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

Dan. 11:37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Dan. 11:38
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.