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)

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

1 Kgs. 1:6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kgs. 1:11
Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

1 Kgs. 2:13
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

1 Kgs. 2:19
Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kgs. 2:20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

1 Kgs. 2:22
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

1 Kgs. 3:27
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

1 Kgs. 11:26
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.

1 Kgs. 14:21
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

1 Kgs. 14:31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 15:2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kgs. 15:10
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kgs. 15:13
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

1 Kgs. 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

1 Kgs. 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

1 Kgs. 22:42
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kgs. 22:52
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: