Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'brother' occurs 615 times in the standard works.

291 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'brother' in the standard works and contain 47.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 116 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ether 1:33-2:4 (16 in 15 verses)

Deut. 25:3-9 (11 in 7 verses)

Moses 5:32-38 (8 in 7 verses)

Gen. 4:8-11 (6 in 4 verses)

Deut. 22:1-4 (6 in 4 verses)

Gen. 43:3-7 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 27:40-45 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Sam. 13:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:22-24 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 14:12-16 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 2:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 12:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 38:8-9 (4 in 2 verses)

Luke 6:41-42 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:6-7 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 29:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 5:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 3:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 4:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:132-135 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 12:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 20:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 22:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 14:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 18:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 7:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 30:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 44:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 20:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:30 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 36:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 27:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 18:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:55 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 28:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 22:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 44:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 25:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 23:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 7:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 1:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 34:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 280 3 283
Gen. 93 0 93
Ex. 9 0 9
Lev. 14 0 14
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 34 0 34
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 11 0 11
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 31 0 31
1 Kgs. 9 0 9
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 19 0 19
2 Chr. 5 0 5
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 4 0 4
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 6 0 6
Eccl. 1 0 1
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 8 0 8
Ezek. 4 0 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 1 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Micah 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 1 3
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 122 6 128
BM 166 10 176
DC 25 3 28
PGP 22 3 25
TOTAL 615 25 640

1 Sam. 14:3
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

1 Sam. 17:28
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

1 Sam. 20:29
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

1 Sam. 26:6
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.