Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sister' occurs 122 times in the standard works.

47 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sister' in the standard works and contain 38.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 16:45-49 (5 in 5 verses)

Lev. 20:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 23:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 7:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 24:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.




Gen. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 99 11 110
Gen. 24 0 24
Ex. 5 0 5
Lev. 10 0 10
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 2 0 2
2 Sam. 10 0 10
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 10 1 11
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 2 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Song. 7 0 7
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 15 6 21
Hosea 0 1 1
NT 17 8 25
BM 0 1 1
DC 2 3 5
PGP 4 1 5
TOTAL 122 24 146

Gen. 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Gen. 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Gen. 12:19
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Gen. 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Gen. 20:5
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

Gen. 20:12
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Gen. 24:30
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Gen. 24:59
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Gen. 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Gen. 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Gen. 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Gen. 26:9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Gen. 28:9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Gen. 29:13
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Gen. 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Gen. 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Gen. 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Gen. 34:14
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

Gen. 34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Gen. 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

Gen. 36:3
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

Gen. 36:22
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

Gen. 46:17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.