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

Ex. 2:2
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Ex. 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Ex. 2:6
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

Ex. 2:7
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

Ex. 2:8
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

Ex. 2:9
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

Ex. 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Ex. 21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Ex. 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.