Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'parents' occurs 46 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'parents' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

2 Cor. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 68:25 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 83:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 21 0 21
BM 19 0 19
DC 5 0 5
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 46 0 46

D&C 68:25
And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.

D&C 83:4
All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance until they are of age.

D&C 83:5
And after that, they have claim upon the church, or in other words upon the Lord's storehouse, if their parents have not wherewith to give them inheritances.

D&C 138:48
Foreshadowing the great work to be done in the temples of the Lord in the dispensation of the fulness of times, for the redemption of the dead, and the sealing of the children to their parents, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse and utterly wasted at his coming.