Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abraham' occurs 337 times in the standard works.

182 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abraham' in the standard works and contain 54% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 79 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 21:33-22:15 (18 in 17 verses)

D&C 132:29-37 (13 in 9 verses)

Gen. 25:5-12 (10 in 8 verses)

Gen. 23:14-24:2 (9 in 9 verses)

Gen. 21:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)


John 8:37-40 (5 in 4 verses)

 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.




Hel. 8:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 17:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 18:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 21:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 16:22-25 (4 in 4 verses)

Gal. 3:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 22:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 21:27-29 (3 in 3 verses)

John 8:56-58 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 4:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Heb. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 18:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 24:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 21:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 23:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 49:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 1:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

John 8:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 84:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:25-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 176 0 176
NT 74 0 74
Matt. 7 0 7
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 15 0 15
John 11 0 11
Acts 8 0 8
Rom. 9 0 9
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Gal. 9 0 9
Heb. 10 0 10
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 29 0 29
DC 37 0 37
PGP 21 0 21
TOTAL 337 0 337

John 8:33
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

John 8:39
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

John 8:40
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

John 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

John 8:53
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

John 8:57
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.