Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sons' occurs 1327 times in the standard works.

764 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sons' in the standard works and contain 57.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 336 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 24:20-26:11 (56 in 54 verses)

1 Chr. 23:6-24:5 (36 in 32 verses)

Gen. 46:5-27 (27 in 23 verses)

Ezra 8:2-19 (21 in 18 verses)

1 Chr. 7:1-20 (21 in 20 verses)

1 Chr. 1:28-42 (18 in 15 verses)

1 Chr. 3:15-4:7 (18 in 17 verses)

Gen. 36:5-20 (16 in 16 verses)

1 Chr. 2:23-34 (12 in 12 verses)

1 Chr. 4:13-24 (12 in 12 verses)

1 Chr. 8:38-9:7 (11 in 10 verses)

2 Ne. 4:3-13 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Chr. 29:9-14 (8 in 6 verses)

Gen. 10:1-7 (8 in 7 verses)

Lev. 8:24-31 (8 in 8 verses)

Lev. 8:30-9:1 (8 in 8 verses)

Num. 26:35-42 (8 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-9 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 84:30-34 (7 in 5 verses)

Ex. 29:19-24 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 2:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezra 10:25-31 (7 in 7 verses)

Ezra 3:9-10 (6 in 2 verses)

Gen. 35:22-26 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 10:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 1:5-9 (6 in 5 verses)

Ex. 6:14-19 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 4:42-5:4 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 15:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 8:10-15 (6 in 6 verses)

Ether 13:17-19 (5 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:19-22 (5 in 4 verses)

Ezra 10:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Ether 6:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:52-56 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 6:18-22 (5 in 5 verses)

Moses 5:42-43 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 8:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 4:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 9:44-10:2 (4 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 46:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 8:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 3:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 4:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 6:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 7:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 42:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 35:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 5:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 4:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 4:9 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 29:6 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:49 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 27:21-28:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 9:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:42-43 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 29:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 7:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 18:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 26:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 31:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 6:61-63 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 10:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 13:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 9:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 51:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 27:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 16:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 6:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 7:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 9:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 6:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 37:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 11:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 12:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 31:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:38 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 34:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 40:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 56:10 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 6:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 28:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 4:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 4:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 10:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 56:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 60:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 9:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 128:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:68-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1062 66 1128
Gen. 146 3 149
Ex. 58 3 61
Lev. 60 2 62
Num. 93 7 100
Deut. 18 4 22
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 18 5 23
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 37 3 40
2 Sam. 35 4 39
1 Kgs. 16 0 16
2 Kgs. 26 4 30
1 Chr. 308 4 312
2 Chr. 42 3 45
Ezra 48 1 49
Neh. 17 0 17
Esth. 5 0 5
Job 14 3 17
Ps. 11 4 15
Prov. 2 4 6
Eccl. 9 0 9
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 19 1 20
Jer. 29 3 32
Lam. 1 1 2
Ezek. 22 3 25
Dan. 3 1 4
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 3 0 3
Amos 2 0 2
Jonah 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 2 1 3
NT 32 21 53
BM 163 13 176
DC 33 16 49
PGP 37 4 41
TOTAL 1327 120 1447

Gen. 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Gen. 14:21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

Gen. 36:6
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

Ex. 16:16
This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

Ex. 18:22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Ex. 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Lev. 23:4
These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

Lev. 27:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation.

Num. 19:18
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

Num. 31:28
And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

Num. 31:30
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

Num. 31:35
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

Num. 31:40
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons.

Num. 31:46
And sixteen thousand persons;)

Deut. 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Deut. 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Deut. 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Deut. 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Judg. 9:2
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

Judg. 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Judg. 9:5
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

Judg. 9:18
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

Judg. 20:39
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

1 Sam. 9:22
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

1 Sam. 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

1 Sam. 22:22
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.

2 Sam. 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

2 Sam. 8:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

2 Sam. 8:14
And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

2 Kgs. 10:6
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

2 Kgs. 10:7
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

2 Kgs. 12:12
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

2 Kgs. 22:6
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

1 Chr. 14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

1 Chr. 18:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

1 Chr. 18:13
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

1 Chr. 22:2
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

2 Chr. 17:2
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

2 Chr. 19:7
Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

2 Chr. 24:12
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.

Ezra 3:7
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

Job 32:11
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Ps. 16:7
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Ps. 26:4
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Ps. 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Ps. 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Prov. 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Prov. 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Prov. 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Prov. 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

Isa. 41:21
Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Jer. 52:29
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

Jer. 52:30
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

Lam. 4:16
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

Ezek. 17:17
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

Ezek. 26:11
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

Ezek. 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Dan. 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Jonah 4:11
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Zeph. 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Mal. 1:9
And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.