Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sons' occurs 1327 times in the standard works.

764 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sons' in the standard works and contain 57.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 336 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 24:20-26:11 (56 in 54 verses)

1 Chr. 23:6-24:5 (36 in 32 verses)

Gen. 46:5-27 (27 in 23 verses)

Ezra 8:2-19 (21 in 18 verses)

1 Chr. 7:1-20 (21 in 20 verses)

1 Chr. 1:28-42 (18 in 15 verses)

1 Chr. 3:15-4:7 (18 in 17 verses)

Gen. 36:5-20 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Chr. 2:23-34 (12 in 12 verses)

1 Chr. 4:13-24 (12 in 12 verses)

1 Chr. 8:38-9:7 (11 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 4:3-13 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Chr. 29:9-14 (8 in 6 verses)

Gen. 10:1-7 (8 in 7 verses)

Lev. 8:24-31 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 8:30-9:1 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 26:35-42 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 84:30-34 (7 in 5 verses)

Ex. 29:19-24 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 2:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezra 10:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezra 3:9-10 (6 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:22-26 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 10:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 1:5-9 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 4:42-5:4 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 8:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 13:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezra 10:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 6:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:52-56 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:42-43 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 8:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 9:44-10:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 8:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 4:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 6:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 7:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 42:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 35:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 5:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 4:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:49 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:21-28:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 9:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 31:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 51:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 27:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 56:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:68-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1062 66 1128
Gen. 146 3 149
Ex. 58 3 61
Lev. 60 2 62
Num. 93 7 100
Deut. 18 4 22
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 18 5 23
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 37 3 40
2 Sam. 35 4 39
1 Kgs. 16 0 16
2 Kgs. 26 4 30
1 Chr. 308 4 312
2 Chr. 42 3 45
Ezra 48 1 49
Neh. 17 0 17
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 14 3 17
Ps. 11 4 15
Prov. 2 4 6
Eccl. 9 0 9
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 19 1 20
Jer. 29 3 32
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 22 3 25
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 2 0 2
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 2 1 3
NT 32 21 53
BM 163 13 176
DC 33 16 49
PGP 37 4 41
TOTAL 1327 120 1447

Judg. 9:2
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

Judg. 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Judg. 9:5
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

Judg. 9:18
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

Judg. 20:39
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.