Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mother' occurs 366 times in the standard works.

122 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mother' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 47 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 17:2-4 (6 in 3 verses)

John 19:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

Judg. 14:2-6 (5 in 5 verses)

Matt. 12:46-50 (5 in 5 verses)

Mark 3:31-35 (5 in 5 verses)

Luke 12:53 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 15:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 27:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 29:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:44-45 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 9:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 10:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:67 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 18:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 50:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 27:56 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:60 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)


Deut. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

 21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;




Deut. 27:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 2:23-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 22:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 22:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:47-16:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 227 5 232
Gen. 28 0 28
Ex. 6 0 6
Lev. 14 0 14
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 11 0 11
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 20 0 20
Ruth 12 0 12
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 17 0 17
2 Kgs. 22 0 22
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 12 0 12
Esth. 2 0 2
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 12 0 12
Prov. 14 0 14
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 7 0 7
Isa. 5 1 6
Jer. 8 1 9
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 9 0 9
Hosea 4 0 4
Micah 2 0 2
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 93 4 97
BM 32 9 41
DC 5 1 6
PGP 9 0 9
TOTAL 366 19 385

Deut. 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Deut. 13:6
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deut. 14:21
Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Deut. 21:13
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

Deut. 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Deut. 21:19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

Deut. 22:15
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

Deut. 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:22
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:23
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 33:9
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.