Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fathers' occurs 792 times in the standard works.

239 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fathers' in the standard works and contain 30.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 94 minutes to read the entire list.

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Abr. 1:1-5 (8 in 5 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 12:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:33-35 (4 in 3 verses)

Num. 36:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 37:43-46 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 128:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 10:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Dan. 11:24 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:47 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 24:30-31 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:44-45 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:38-39 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 27:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 15:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 24:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 26:31-27:1 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 32:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 16:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 34:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:50 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:38 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 16:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 23:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 21:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 30:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 25:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 25:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 9:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 98:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 110:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:31 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 2:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 29:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 35:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 8:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 106:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 34:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 1:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 29:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 103:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 490 1 491
Gen. 10 0 10
Ex. 14 0 14
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 57 0 57
Deut. 50 0 50
Josh. 19 0 19
Judg. 10 0 10
1 Sam. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 31 0 31
2 Kgs. 38 0 38
1 Chr. 44 0 44
2 Chr. 64 0 64
Ezra 15 0 15
Neh. 18 0 18
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 14 0 14
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 6 0 6
Jer. 47 1 48
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 15 0 15
Dan. 9 0 9
Hosea 1 0 1
Joel 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 5 0 5
Mal. 4 0 4
NT 59 1 60
BM 181 4 185
DC 43 1 44
PGP 19 0 19
TOTAL 792 7 799

Judg. 2:1
And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

Judg. 2:10
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

Judg. 2:12
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

Judg. 2:17
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

Judg. 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Judg. 2:20
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

Judg. 2:22
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

Judg. 3:4
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

Judg. 6:13
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Judg. 21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.