Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'father' occurs 1921 times in the standard works.

1095 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'father' in the standard works and contain 57% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 471 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 11:25-36 (17 in 12 verses)

Gen. 27:30-41 (14 in 12 verses)

John 14:6-16 (13 in 11 verses)

Judg. 18:29-19:9 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 16:3-14 (12 in 12 verses)

3 Ne. 20:46-21:11 (12 in 12 verses)

Gen. 19:31-38 (11 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 2:42-52 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 20:25-35 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 27:7-17 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 28:1-11 (11 in 11 verses)

Ether 8:2-12 (11 in 11 verses)

3 Ne. 19:20-29 (10 in 10 verses)

John 8:38-44 (9 in 7 verses)

Lev. 18:7-14 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 44:17-25 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 44:19-27 (9 in 9 verses)

John 5:17-23 (8 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Chr. 4:14-21 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 10:4-11 (8 in 8 verses)

1 Ne. 1:11-18 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 15:13-20 (8 in 8 verses)

3 Ne. 21:26-29 (7 in 4 verses)

Luke 15:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Mosiah 15:2-7 (7 in 6 verses)

Gen. 44:30-34 (6 in 5 verses)

Judg. 14:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

Morm. 8:1-5 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 50:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 20:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

John 16:23-28 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 31:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 4:12-17 (6 in 6 verses)

Luke 10:21-22 (5 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

Num. 30:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Matt. 11:25-27 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-37 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 50:41-43 (5 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:3-5 (5 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:14-17 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 18:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

John 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Moro. 4:2-5:2 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 20:76-79 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 84:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 31:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 36:43-37:4 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 18:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

Num. 27:3-7 (5 in 5 verses)

John 6:42-46 (5 in 5 verses)

John 14:28-15:1 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 4:38-5:4 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 17:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Abr. 2:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 9:15 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 122:6 (4 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 20:9-11 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 19:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 20:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Dan. 5:11-13 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 15:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 7:10-12 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 2:22-24 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 17:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 26:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 16:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Matt. 6:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

John 10:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

John 15:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 7:21-8:2 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Ne. 8:34-37 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 20:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 107:40-43 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 138:38-41 (4 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:55-58 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:34 (3 in 1 verse)

John 20:17 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:11 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 19:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

John 5:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Jn. 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:18-2:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 45:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 46:29-31 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 22:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 27:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 20:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 17:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 15:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 4:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 10:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

John 12:49-13:1 (3 in 3 verses)

John 15:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

John 16:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Thes. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 10:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 11:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 20:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 18:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 19:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 10:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 18:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 20:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 45:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 76:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 104:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 137:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 5:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:48-50 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 29:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 32:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 42:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 45:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 30:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:51 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 23:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 9:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 3:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 13:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 63:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 15:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:27 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:57 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:24 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 76:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 84:74 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 130:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:49 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:66 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 17:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 32:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 11:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 22:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:48-6:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 11:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 14:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

John 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

John 17:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Col. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Thes. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 20:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:48-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:40-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:48-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 93:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 757 533 1290
Gen. 201 10 211
Ex. 26 16 42
Lev. 23 3 26
Num. 29 57 86
Deut. 20 61 81
Josh. 16 19 35
Judg. 49 10 59
Ruth 3 0 3
1 Sam. 51 5 56
2 Sam. 27 1 28
1 Kgs. 64 31 95
2 Kgs. 33 38 71
1 Chr. 61 44 105
2 Chr. 58 64 122
Ezra 1 15 16
Neh. 2 18 20
Esth. 3 0 3
Job 6 10 16
Ps. 5 22 27
Prov. 23 4 27
Isa. 16 10 26
Jer. 15 52 67
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 12 16 28
Dan. 6 9 15
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 1 1 2
Micah 1 1 2
Zech. 2 6 8
Mal. 3 5 8
NT 369 61 430
BM 558 188 746
DC 176 47 223
PGP 61 19 80
TOTAL 1921 848 2769

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. 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. 22:16
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Deut. 22:19
And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

Deut. 22:21
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

Deut. 22:29
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

Deut. 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

Deut. 26:5
And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

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

Deut. 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. 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. 32:6
Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Deut. 32:7
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

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.