Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'family' occurs 181 times in the standard works.

105 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'family' in the standard works and contain 58% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 46 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 26:5-27:4 (66 in 65 verses)

Zech. 12:12-14 (6 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:27 (4 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 5:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:3 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 31:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 122 0 122
NT 1 0 1
BM 22 0 22
1 Ne. 7 0 7
2 Ne. 5 0 5
Mosiah 2 0 2
3 Ne. 4 0 4
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 3 0 3
DC 26 0 26
PGP 10 0 10
TOTAL 181 0 181

1 Ne. 2:2
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father, even in a dream, that he should take his family and depart into the wilderness.

1 Ne. 2:4
And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness. And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and departed into the wilderness.

1 Ne. 2:5
And he came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea; and he traveled in the wilderness in the borders which are nearer the Red Sea; and he did travel in the wilderness with his family, which consisted of my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers, who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam.

1 Ne. 7:1
And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.

1 Ne. 7:2
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I, Nephi, and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem, and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.

1 Ne. 8:12
And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.

1 Ne. 8:13
And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran along, and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.

2 Ne. 2:20
And they have brought forth children; yea, even the family of all the earth.

2 Ne. 5:6
Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

2 Ne. 9:21
And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam.

Mosiah 2:5
And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his family, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and their sons, and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest, every family being separate one from another.

3 Ne. 6:1
And now it came to pass that the people of the Nephites did all return to their own lands in the twenty and sixth year, every man, with his family, his flocks and his herds, his horses and his cattle, and all things whatsoever did belong unto them.

3 Ne. 7:2
And the people were divided one against another; and they did separate one from another into tribes, every man according to his family and his kindred and friends; and thus they did destroy the government of the land.

3 Ne. 7:4
Now behold, there was no man among them save he had much family and many kindreds and friends; therefore their tribes became exceedingly great.

3 Ne. 7:14
And it came to pass in the thirty and first year that they were divided into tribes, every man according to his family, kindred and friends; nevertheless they had come to an agreement that they would not go to war one with another; but they were not united as to their laws, and their manner of government, for they were established according to the minds of those who were their chiefs and their leaders. But they did establish very strict laws that one tribe should not trespass against another, insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land; nevertheless, their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them.

Morm. 3:20
And these things doth the Spirit manifest unto me; therefore I write unto you all. And for this cause I write unto you, that ye may know that ye must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, yea, every soul who belongs to the whole human family of Adam; and ye must stand to be judged of your works, whether they be good or evil;

Ether 1:41
Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind; and also of the seed of the earth of every kind; and thy families; and also Jared thy brother and his family; and also thy friends and their families, and the friends of Jared and their families.

Ether 9:3
And the Lord warned Omer in a dream that he should depart out of the land; wherefore Omer departed out of the land with his family, and traveled many days, and came over and passed by the hill of Shim, and came over by the place where the Nephites were destroyed, and from thence eastward, and came to a place which was called Ablom, by the seashore, and there he pitched his tent, and also his sons and his daughters, and all his household, save it were Jared and his family.