Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joseph' occurs 450 times in the standard works.

223 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joseph' in the standard works and contain 49.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 104 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 50:14-26 (14 in 13 verses)

Gen. 47:11-17 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 41:39-46 (8 in 8 verses)

Gen. 41:44-51 (8 in 8 verses)

Ether 13:6-10 (7 in 5 verses)

Gen. 39:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 42:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Ne. 3:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Gen. 45:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Gen. 43:15-19 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 37:28-33 (6 in 6 verses)

D&C 132:52-57 (6 in 6 verses)

Gen. 46:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 46:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 45:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 37:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:54-57 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 135:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)


Acts 7:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

 7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

 7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.




D&C 124:94-95 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 43:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 48:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 48:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:105-107 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 37:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:32 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:72 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 30:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 39:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 40:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 23:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 55:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:58-59 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:102-103 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 215 0 215
NT 35 0 35
Matt. 9 0 9
Mark 2 0 2
Luke 11 0 11
John 4 0 4
Acts 6 0 6
Heb. 2 0 2
Rev. 1 0 1
BM 43 4 47
DC 155 1 156
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 450 5 455

Acts 1:23
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

Acts 7:13
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

Acts 7:14
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

Acts 7:18
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.