Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'brethren' occurs 1166 times in the standard works.

475 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'brethren' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 220 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 25:9-31 (23 in 23 verses)

Alma 27:15-28:1 (17 in 17 verses)

Alma 24:5-20 (16 in 16 verses)

Gen. 37:4-14 (11 in 11 verses)

Alma 26:21-27 (9 in 7 verses)

Alma 27:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 23:33-37 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 45:22-46:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 53:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 7:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 27:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 13:10-14 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 20:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 20:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 45:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 15:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Jacob 2:12-14 (4 in 3 verses)

Enos 1:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 12:46-49 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 3:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 7:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Jacob 7:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 25:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 16:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 25:17-26:3 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 31:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 2:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 3:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 16:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 8:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 5:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 11:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 12:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 5:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 21:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:36-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 24:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 25:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 48:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 7:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 103:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 46:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Thes. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 21:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 9:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 19:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 31:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 38:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 22:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 26:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:23-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

James 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:36-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:54-10:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:18-31:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 31:21-32:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 4:18-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 24:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 5:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:35-23:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 9:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:132-133 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 112:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 122:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 123:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 333 0 333
NT 231 0 231
BM 543 0 543
DC 51 0 51
PGP 8 0 8
Moses 8 0 8
TOTAL 1166 0 1166

Moses 5:27
And Adam and his wife mourned before the Lord, because of Cain and his brethren.

Moses 5:29
And Satan said unto Cain: Swear unto me by thy throat, and if thou tell it thou shalt die; and swear thy brethren by their heads, and by the living God, that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely die; and this that thy father may not know it; and this day I will deliver thy brother Abel into thine hands.

Moses 5:41
And Cain was shut out from the presence of the Lord, and with his wife and many of his brethren dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Moses 6:43
And Enoch continued his speech, saying: The Lord which spake with me, the same is the God of heaven, and he is my God, and your God, and ye are my brethren, and why counsel ye yourselves, and deny the God of heaven?

Moses 7:32
The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency;

Moses 7:33
And unto thy brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they should love one another, and that they should choose me, their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood;

Moses 7:36
Wherefore, I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and mine eye can pierce them also, and among all the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren.

Moses 7:44
And as Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look.