Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abraham' occurs 337 times in the standard works.

182 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abraham' in the standard works and contain 54% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 21:33-22:15 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 132:29-37 (13 in 9 verses)

Gen. 25:5-12 (10 in 8 verses)

Gen. 23:14-24:2 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 21:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

John 8:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

Hel. 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 17:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 21:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 16:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)


Gal. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.




Gen. 22:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 21:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:25-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 176 0 176
NT 74 0 74
Matt. 7 0 7
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 15 0 15
John 11 0 11
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 9 0 9
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 9 0 9
Heb. 10 0 10
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 29 0 29
DC 37 0 37
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 337 0 337

Gal. 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Gal. 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

Gal. 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Gal. 3:9
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Gal. 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Gal. 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Gal. 3:18
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Gal. 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Gal. 4:22
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.