Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'children' occurs 2337 times in the standard works.

1269 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'children' in the standard works and contain 54.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 554 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezra 2:1-4:1 (101 in 84 verses)

Neh. 7:6-9:1 (92 in 87 verses)

Josh. 21:40-22:34 (43 in 40 verses)

Judg. 20:13-36 (25 in 24 verses)

Josh. 15:63-17:2 (16 in 13 verses)

Num. 8:6-20 (16 in 15 verses)

Judg. 10:6-18 (13 in 13 verses)

Moro. 8:8-20 (13 in 13 verses)

Num. 35:34-36:9 (12 in 10 verses)

Josh. 20:9-21:10 (12 in 11 verses)

D&C 98:28-37 (11 in 10 verses)

Num. 32:25-34 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 34:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 34:22-35:2 (10 in 10 verses)

Judg. 11:27-36 (10 in 10 verses)

Josh. 4:4-12 (9 in 9 verses)

Judg. 3:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 32:32-33:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 36:21-28 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 18:19-26 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 31:54-32:7 (8 in 8 verses)

Neh. 10:39-11:4 (7 in 5 verses)

Num. 10:22-28 (7 in 7 verses)

Josh. 4:21-5:3 (7 in 7 verses)

D&C 98:46-47 (6 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:8-10 (6 in 3 verses)

Judg. 4:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Moro. 7:27-32 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 32:30-32 (5 in 3 verses)

Josh. 13:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 19:30-20:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 6:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 3:38-42 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 32:49-33:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 18:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 19:47-51 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 7:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 9:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

D&C 74:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Joel 1:3 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:64-65 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 9:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:62-64 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 78:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Deut. 2:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 13:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 13:31-14:1 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 19:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 25:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 2:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:43 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:25 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 21:2 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Prov. 17:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 37:25 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 1:4 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 11:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:45-46 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 34:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:28-19:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 8:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Hosea 1:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 7:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 96:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:41-42 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 27:20-28:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 34:34-35:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 24:23-25:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 1:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 2:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 5:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 25:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 25:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 14:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 18:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 2:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 12:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 19:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 13:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 31:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 3:4-4:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 20:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 30:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 19:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:27-4:1 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 123:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 23:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 10:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 4:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 7:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 20:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 27:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 30:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 103:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 128:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 132:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 54:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 16:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 47:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Amos 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 26:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 3:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 24:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 27:9 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:15 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 33:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 33:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 35:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 39:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 19:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 29:40-30:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 34:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 4:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:19-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:19-20:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 109:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 127:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 49:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 57:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 20:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 4:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 29:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 50:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1662 0 1662
Gen. 63 0 63
Ex. 140 0 140
Lev. 61 0 61
Num. 263 0 263
Deut. 71 0 71
Josh. 192 0 192
Judg. 131 0 131
1 Sam. 22 0 22
2 Sam. 29 0 29
1 Kgs. 33 0 33
2 Kgs. 36 0 36
1 Chr. 66 0 66
2 Chr. 53 0 53
Ezra 113 0 113
Neh. 114 0 114
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 14 0 14
Ps. 54 0 54
Prov. 13 0 13
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 38 0 38
Jer. 49 0 49
Lam. 9 0 9
Ezek. 32 0 32
Dan. 13 0 13
Hosea 18 0 18
Joel 11 0 11
Amos 7 0 7
Obad. 2 0 2
Micah 3 0 3
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 3 0 3
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 160 0 160
BM 349 0 349
DC 134 0 134
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 2337 0 2337

Joel 1:3
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

Joel 3:6
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Joel 3:8
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Joel 3:16
The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Joel 3:19
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.