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)

 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

 22:11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

 22:15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,





D&C 132:29-37 (13 in 9 verses)

 132:29 Abraham received all things, whatsoever he received, by revelation and commandment, by my word, saith the Lord, and hath entered into his exaltation and sitteth upon his throne.

 132:30 Abraham received promises concerning his seed, and of the fruit of his loins-- from whose loins ye are, namely, my servant Joseph-- which were to continue so long as they were in the world; and as touching Abraham and his seed, out of the world they should continue; both in the world and out of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them.

 132:31 This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham; and by this law is the continuation of the works of my Father, wherein he glorifieth himself.

 132:32 Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into my law and ye shall be saved.

 132:33 But if ye enter not into my law ye cannot receive the promise of my Father, which he made unto Abraham.

 132:34 God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it? Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.

 132:35 Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation? Verily I say unto you, Nay; for I, the Lord, commanded it.

 132:36 Abraham was commanded to offer his son Isaac; nevertheless, it was written: Thou shalt not kill. Abraham, however, did not refuse, and it was accounted unto him for righteousness.

 132:37 Abraham received concubines, and they bore him children; and it was accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him, and he abode in my law; as Isaac also and Jacob did none other things than that which they were commanded; and because they did none other things than that which they were commanded, they have entered into their exaltation, according to the promises, and sit upon thrones, and are not angels but are gods.





Gen. 25:5-12 (10 in 8 verses)

 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:





Gen. 23:14-24:2 (9 in 9 verses)

 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

 23:17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

 23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:





Gen. 21:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.





John 8:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.





Hel. 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

 8:16 And now behold, Moses did not only testify of these things, but also all the holy prophets, from his days even to the days of Abraham.

 8:17 Yea, and behold, Abraham saw of his coming, and was filled with gladness and did rejoice.

 8:18 Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these things, but there were many before the days of Abraham who were called by the order of God; yea, even after the order of his Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people, a great many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption should come unto them.

 8:19 And now I would that ye should know, that even since the days of Abraham there have been many prophets that have testified these things; yea, behold, the prophet Zenos did testify boldly; for the which he was slain.





Gen. 17:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

 17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

 17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

 17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.





Gen. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

 18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

 18:17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.





Gen. 21:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

 21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.





Luke 16:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

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